Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...varsity 'A' squash team lost ground yesterday in its attempt to gain on the 'A' league leaders, dropping a close 3 to 2 decision to the Union Boat club 'Whites' at Hemenway...
Davison, like the other East fullbacks, could gain nothing up the middle, and is hurt badly. Clayton and McCraney alternated at quarterback, and called plays full, but were hampered by the ineffectiveness of the fullbacks. Clayton used his pillar bootleg play well, but was equalled in that department by Fran Nagle (Nebraska), West quarterback...
Fifth, Pall Mall, put out by a subsidiary of American Tobacco. Pall Mall made the most spectacular gain, boosting sales 38.2% to 23.5 billion cigarettes, thereby pushing Old Gold (P. Lorillard) out of fifth place...
...Weaver sunk a foul shot, and Captain Ed Tixier pushed in a long set-shot from the corner. Behind by six points, Harvard pressed hard on defense to gain possession of the ball, but succeeded only in letting Tixier get loose under the basket and score an easy...
...Protestant Episcopal Church also announced impressive gains. In the past year, 240 new Episcopal priests were ordained (a gain of 43.71% over last year) and the church made 255 new deacons (an increase of 41.67%). The church had a total of 2,540,548 baptized members, highest in its history...