Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Statistician Louis Bean, an Agriculture Department economist who charts elections as a hobby: "This is still a Democratic year with Republicans likely to make approximately normal mid-term gains in both houses of Congress-but Democrats to retain control." To gain control, Republicans would have to keep the 169 seats they now hold in the House, pick up 49 more, pick up seven more seats-in the Senate...
...Long Island's Congressman Leonard W. Hall, chairman of the G.O.P. House campaign committee: "A net gain of 30 seats in the House for Republicans ... If indicated widespread resentment" against the Administration develops, "Republicans will capture the House...
...further production, Slichter states that if the conflict with Russia caused a four percent production increase and if the additional defense outlays were about $18,000,000,000 a year, the production gain would entirely offset increased military expenditures after six years...
...Carried 27 million passengers, an increase of 3,000,000, for a total of 15 billion passenger miles, a 15% gain...
...Hauled 370 million ton-miles of cargo, a "spectacular" gain...