Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...differences between the present student rights of initiative and amendment and those which existed prior to 1936 show a remarkable gain in student democracy; fourteen years ago no students (except council members) possessed these privileges...
...Lame Duck Senator Claude Pepper: Has to be interpreted as a gain for the conservative and isolationist forces in the country...
...pulling away from me-but I wasn't closing the gap either. I was at the extreme effective firing range, but when I saw I couldn't gain on him I led him with my sights and held down the gun trigger. After two or three seconds of my fire his engine section area began to smoke and then his engine exploded. The MIG pilot did not get out, and his plane went into the ground...
...outstanding. The stock, then selling for about $780 a share, was paying $20 a share in dividends. What made the stock look special was the fact that prosperous Sun Life, with $77.8 million in surplus funds, could legally pay four times as much in dividends. If the Aliens could gain control, they could not only quadruple their dividends under the law, but enhance the value of their stock in the bargain. As the Aliens fed out $1,000,000-plus to buy 1,400 shares in piecemeal blocks, the price climbed as high as $1,600 a share...
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Bonn government has been struggling hard to keep away from militaristic influences, primarily for political reasons. But a national army is an important prestige symbol, and Adenauer must gain prestige for the German people in order to keep his government popular...