Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...nation of 7,744,000 people, some 2,500,000 votes were cast last week in a little-noticed general Belgian election.* The event drew small attention because there was very little at stake. M. Henri Jaspar is still prime minister. In the central legislature, the greatest gain in seats was made by the Liberal party, which had encouraged closer relations with France and opposed the liquor laws forbidding the drinking of hard liquor in public. To win voters from Antwerp and Brussels, notorious amateurs of fine Burgundy, the Liberals promised reduced duties on imported French wines...
...University nine, now apparently out of its batting slump, expects to gain its third successive victory when it opposes Georgetown on Soldiers Field at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The record of the visitors is very erratic, but the tendency has been toward good hitting and weak moundwork...
From a purely selfish standpoint we stand to gain more than enough to offset a slight loss in revenue by a general abolition of this tax. It is incredible that the United States should enforce against Europeans a visa charge when they are rapidly doing away with their charge on its. An excellent opportunity is now given us to prove that America's vaunted altruistic leadership is not ill founded. Let us not allow it to pass...
With Charles Devens '32 Freshman hurling are, pitching in top form, the 1932 nine gathered an early lead against the Brown Freshmen last Saturday, to gain a 4 to 0 verdict. Devens not only held the visitors to four hits and struck out 17 men, but he gathered four hits out of four times at bat. Reginald Fincke '31, with two safe blows, was the only other Crimson batter to get more than one safety...
...proposed award to all minor sport teams of a minor "H" without modifications. The H, A. A. knows that attempts to find undergraduate opinion at Harvard are generally fruitless, however well-meant they may be. It seems, therefore, that the appointment of the committee is only a device to gain time for more consideration of the proposal. The significance of the incident lies in this very move which indicates that the Association has accepted a suggestion as worthy of serious attention...