Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sophomores could know one or two years in advance whether they would gain admission to medical school, he said, they could be free to get a broad general education in college...
This week, after 44 days of shelling the tiny islands with little or no military gain, Communism drew back a step or so. Nikita Khrushchev proclaimed softly that the U.S.S.R. would come to the aid of Red China only in the event of "an attack from without"-i.e., an attack by the U.S. Then Red China ordered a seven-day cease-fire in the Formosa Strait, and Red China's Defense Minister Peng Teh-huai sent a special message to the Nationalists proposing peace talks between Chinese Communists and Chinese Nationalists. While holding out what...
William W. Cooley Ed.D. '58, principal investigator of the study, emphasized that "although our function is primarily to choose scientists, we want to gain knowledge of the abilities which will make students proficient in all fields. This study is by no means designed to prod students to become scientists...
Unable to nationalize Kerala's plantations or gain the required presidential approval of its education bill, the government has proposed land reform measures not radically different from those previously passed in India's other states. In fact, the Namboodripad regime has even attracted private capital to Kerala...
Cornell took over again, but on the second play from scrimmage Skypeck, on a brilliant piece of backfield trickery carried for what looked like a long gain to the Harvard 20. As he was tackled, however, he fumbled, and Bert Messenbaugh recovered for the Crimson. Six plays later, Boulris fumbled a Ravenel handoff into the end zone, where tackle Eric Nelson recovered. Boulris was stopped on the one-yard line trying for the extra points and Cornell led, 15 to 14, at 0:44 of the fourth period...