Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...protection, some Pentagon brasshats were talking privately of a retreat to the Pyrenees. But by last week the Pentagon had placed a new estimate on Western endurance: the line of the Elbe could be held for at least six months; for every six months of peace the West could gain still another 30 days...
...Quad and began to gather before Cabot Hall. Greeted only by water poured from Cabot windows, the berserk Yardlings then marched around the Quad ignoring girls eagerly hanging from Moors Hall windows. Some gathered on the terrace of Barnard but closed doors and windows repulsed their attempts to gain access to the Hall...
...fine week for Wall Street, and even Congress seemed in a mood to do its bit. The House Ways & Means Committee voted for a change in the capital gains tax. If Congress approves, stocks and other assets need be held only three months, instead of the present six, to have profits from their sale taxable as a long-term capital gain, instead of as regular income. The committee also voted to cut the tax on such profits from...
Welch, too, turned in a fine performance. He and Jim Phillips of Stoughton battled for the lead at the start, but Welch put on the power to gain a clear edge. The winning time was a good 3:45.4. Phillips finished...
...baseball victory snared fourth place in the diamond league for Kirkland. Lowell still has to play Winthrop in golf, but even if the Bellboys win, they will only gain a golf tie with Kirkland...