Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...know whether the Communists really desire peace in Korea," he said, "or whether they are simply trying to gain by negotiations what they have not been able to gain by conquest. We intend to find that...
...Indians who usually do most of their winning in Cloveland, have kept close to the top during the present road trip. The Yankees, also a "home" club, have been unable to gain on them while playing at home. If Bob Lemon terminates his month-long slump or if Al Rosen begins to hit in 1950 style, the Indians will probably win the pennant. If neither should improve, I would still pick Cloveland...
...interests of his Falange Party first. The Falange, which is the worst element in present Spanish politics, lost ground in the cabinet shakeup. The army held its ground. Monarchists (meaning, in Spain, conservatives who deplore much in the Franco regime) got nine out of 16 cabinet seats, a gain of three. There was serious talk that Franco might put young (13-year-old) Juan Carlos, son of the Pretender Don Juan, on the throne...
...Province. As soon as the settlers are in, the whole parade of U.S. life will march in behind them. The villages in the sagebrush will grow into fair-sized towns. They will need houses, stores, schools, churches and skilled workers. The U.S. will gain not merely new farmland; it will add a whole new province as productive as one of the lesser states...
...each day's lap, the panting winner is warmly bussed by the local beauty queen, wined & dined by the citizenry and allowed to wear the coveted yellow sweater (le maillot jaune). The eventual winner of the yellow sweater stands to gain some 5,000,000 /rancs ($15,000) in prize money and commercial premiums. When Italy's Bartali won in 1948, the Pope himself sent a telegram of congratulation and blessing...