Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bellboys need only a draw against Leverett next week to take the House title. But a win for the Bunnies will give them a tie with Lowell. In the event of a Lowell loss, Dunster can also gain a tie for the lead by beating Winthrop...
...Surely the bottom of the debauchery barrel was scraped to gain material for these books...
Counter-Fury. Field Marshal Papagos (who fought and beat Mussolini's armies in 1940 and was imprisoned by the Nazis for two years) was angry, but not so furious as the newspapers supporting him. Said Athens' Apogevmatini: "If the United Center should gain power through Communist support, Papagos will not permit you to climb to power." At week's end Papagos had to tone down his supporters' exuberance: He would stand by the election results whatever they were, he said. Actually the Communist switch, aimed so nakedly at taking over the machinery of the middle...
Actually, the gain was not as big as it looked; some of it simply reflected bookkeeping adjustment. Last year's third-quarter profits were hit hard by Congress's big retroactive tax bite which came out of the third quarter in one big chunk. U.S. Steel, for example, set aside an added $26 million in taxes to pay the bill. It was also helped by a $5,000,000 tax credit under the excess-profits law, since this year's actual profits were below last year's. Consequently, Big Steel was able to show a third...
Fillipin, a 185 pound tailback, who has now scored 13 touchdowns and passed for four others in his last three games, was rarely tackled at the line of scrimmage. He often broke away for a prolonged gain after seemingly being stopped...