Word: gained
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There was nothing to gain from [opening ourparties to the community], and we were onlyputting ourselves at risk because HarvardUniversity is failing to pick up their end of thedeal, Neller says...
...looked as if Autissier might fare better this year. Despite early damage to her keel, mast and rudder, she had claimed the lead as the remaining 11 boats set out for Cape Horn and Uruguay. Hoping to gain time, Autissier opted for a southern route through what navigators call the Screaming 50s because of the violence of the seas. But one day as she was studying weather maps below, the autopilot misread the wind. The boat veered sharply and rolled over so quickly that Autissier barely had time to seal the cabin. "Everything was a wreck," she later told TIME...
...high-tech laboratories, is merely a good place for roosting. The towering ledges of Widener are remarkable only for their pigeons. Students may come and go but the squirrels will remain. Though this academic world is wonderful, it's not the only one we can inhabit. Once we gain the hawk's perspective, we can realize that there are kingdoms vaster than...
...gain access to the Bunting Institute, but still look awfully silly in the Hasty Pudding Show...
...effort to prove that they are the nation's true No. 1 team, the Crimson soundly stomped the Bulldogs last night by never dropping a game. All Harvard players easily won their matches by a score of 3-0 and didn't allow the Bulldogs to gain an inch...