Word: gaines
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...time now to recognize that there is much opposition in this nation to policies designed to gain equality in our society for minorities and for women," Stokes said. "The opposition is largely political. It takes the form of creating in the body politic the sense and belief that minority groups have gained too much and have gone too far in their quest for equality." Stokes added...
...similar to one and yet actually possess that single unknown quality that defies explanation. That is how many of Thrace's neighbors must have felt. The Greeks, for example, were both baffled and obsessed by the Thracians, and so labelled them "barbarians." The Trojan War was waged largely to gain control of Thrace's Hellespont (the Dardanelles). So there were definite strategic motives for heeding that nation. And yet it put forward, in some regions, what to the Greeks seemed bizarre notions, particularly about death...
...lose, it's not how you play the game that matters. What matters in the non-Ivy standings is penetration time. And since the Crimson had the edge, the game is recorded in the standings as a win for them, thus helping the team in its bid to gain a berth in the Eastern Championship. Even though the final score was 0-0, all was not tied...
...choice but to come as close as they can to matching him. Says one Washington-based ticket agent: "We'll lose less money competing than we would if we didn't. Even though you might be a loser, you lose less." The big lines, in fact, may gain rather than lose. Laker hopes that the bargain fares will be, in the jargon of the industry, "generative" rather than "diversionary." That is, they will not merely switch passengers from high-fare to low-fare flights but tempt into the air people who would otherwise not fly at all. Wall...
...made the mistake of assuming there was a larger attempt to gain control of the board than there was. There was no such attempt," he said...