Word: gained
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...weights, Army didn't allow Harvard to gain an edge. Army finished one-two in the discus, and two-three in the shot put behind Dick Benka (57 feet, 11 3/4 inches...
Collins ran a low-key campaign, depending on his name and his progressive record (as Governor, he modernized state government, promoted industry and tourism) to gain him the nomination. He still has the edge. If he wins the second primary, in November he will face Republican Congressman Ed Gurney, 54, a handsome, telegenic conservative...
...Latin and Negro minorities, Don Yarborough, 42, a liberal Houston lawyer* who was twice defeated in the gubernatorial primary by Connally, topped the Democratic ballot. But without a majority, he was forced into a runoff on June 1 with Lieutenant Governor Preston Smith, 56. An archconservative, Smith will probably gain the right-wing votes that were shared with other candidates in the first tally, and thus must now be counted a slight favorite. The runoff will bring the two wings of the Texas Democratic Party into direct confrontation. As a result, the Governor's mansion...
...historiography of the slave trade seriously, it is commonplace that leading and entrepreneurial groups in Negro African societies were voluntarily privy to the slave trade. These groups saw the trade in slaves as an economic relationship, from which enormous wealth and political advantage could be derived. When such gain is available, I submit men will always seek it; they are not likely to let cultural or racial bonds stand in the way. What is more, the African brokers in the slave trade--of whom there were tens of thousands--were not restrained by knowledge that perhaps 40 per cent...
Unable to catch Winthrop, Kirkland resorted to power tens, but could only gain two seats. Thirty strokes from the finish Puritan cox Skip Grossman called a power ten and Winthrop crossed the line at 40 strokes per minute. The triumphant boat was clocked at 4:30.5 for the three-quarter mile course...