Word: gained
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...Means Committee pointed out, the threats to steel producers from low-priced steel imports are outweighed by the benefits to industrial steel consumers, such as General Motors. Such companies employ about 40 times as many workers as the entire steel industry. Each dollar that workers in the industry gain from protected prices will represent one dollar taken from the pockets of workers employed at steel consumers...
...want to belong to by visiting them during their freshman and sophomore years. Then, in March of the sophomore year, linking up with their friends, they enter their chosen club. Two genres of clubs subsist. In the six "sign-in" clubs, students place their name on a list and gain entrance. If too many students show interest, the sign-in clubs hold lotteries. Whether or not prospective members get their first choice or not--in lottery situations they can place their name on the lists of several clubs--students are guaranteed to get into a club with...
...eating club officers, the clubs play an even bigger role. The Tower Club Web site explains, "Club members gain another important benefit in learning leadership through the experience of managing these modestly sized independent organizations." Or, put more colloquially, Staples declares, "Dude, my eating club is my life. I wake up in the morning, come here for breakfast, go about my day, and go home to sleep. Being the president of an eating club is a full-time activity." Many club officers live at the clubs, making them not only places to eat and socialize but homes as well...
...want to belong to by visiting them during their freshman and sophomore years. Then, in March of the sophomore year, linking up with their friends, they enter their chosen club. Two genres of clubs subsist. In the six "sign-in" clubs, students place their name on a list and gain entrance. If too many students show interest, the sign-in clubs hold lotteries. Whether or not prospective members get their first choice or not--in lottery situations they can place their name on the lists of several clubs--students are guaranteed to get into a club with...
...eating club officers, the clubs play an even bigger role. The Tower Club Web site explains, "Club members gain another important benefit in learning leadership through the experience of managing these modestly sized independent organizations." Or, put more colloquially, Staples declares, "Dude, my eating club is my life. I wake up in the morning, come here for breakfast, go about my day, and go home to sleep. Being the president of an eating club is a full-time activity." Many club officers live at the clubs, making them not only places to eat and socialize but homes as well...