Word: gained
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...When asked what Hussein meant when the last message of his 47 years on the throne referred to "slandering and falsehoods" against Noor, she replies curtly, "I don't even want to talk about it." She was clearly maddened by rumors that she manipulated the change in succession to gain power...
...tree. Our writers, though still wet behind the ears, are starting to endlessly shoot this shit as well. We don't want to bite the hand that feeds us, but soon enough we'll be digging our own grave. Folks, the buck stops here--if we don't gain control of the situation soon, we'll be up shit's creek without a paddle and we'll all have to throw in the towel...
Dixon is leaving to take on planning and community relations responsibilities for YouthBuild Boston, an organization which educates high school dropouts and gives them the opportunity to gain construction experience renovating homes for low-income families...
Haskins denies knowledge of the scandal, but it is now his word against that of two graduate students who haven't any thing to gain from slander. Anyone who believes Clem, no doubt a bastion of moral probity when it comes to hoops, also believed that Clinton did not have sexual relations with that woman, that Reagan did not recall and that Nixon was not a crook...
Women scholars face both a dearth of female role models and the need to gain a tenured position during their prime childbearing years...