Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...political logic behind Taft's New Hampshire decision: he has much to gain there, and little to lose. If he scores a dramatic upset and runs ahead of Eisenhower, the Ike boom-especially the argument that Ike is a Winner and Taft isn't-will be dealt a critical blow. If he runs close behind Ike, he can claim a moral victory. Taft would be seriously hurt if he ran third, behind Eisenhower and Harold Stassen, who also entered the race last week. The Ohio Senator was willing to gamble on that possibility. "Win, lose or draw," said...
...Business School has stepped up its interviewing and recruitment program "three or four-fold" in an effort to gain greater geographical selection for its student body, Assistant Dean Richard Chapin said yesterday...
...Pentagon was not all impatience. The Army's top brass, Generals Omar Bradley and J. Lawton Collins, favored sticking it out at Panmunjom so long as the Communists were willing to talk and not start up a fresh offensive. They felt that the stalemate was, in effect, a gain for the U.S.; it kept down casualties and meanwhile provided a training ground for troops...
Hard, Cold Fact. "We are in a new age," said Eisenhower. "... I believe that old traditions, old practices, even, let's say, old affections have to be readjusted and new answers found ... As time goes on, it seems obvious that [Europe] cannot gain strength and stability if it is to remain split up in a number of independent economies...
Freshmen and sophomores will have another chance to gain positions on all CRIMSON boards when the annual spring competition begins during the week of February 11. Interested students are warned to beware of substitutes, and to await the announcement of the exact opening date of the CRIMSON try-outs...