Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...work contemplated as well as work actually underway, a large gain in April was also shown. New projects contemplated were last month reported at $760,657,600-or an increase of 25% over the previous year...
...facing" in which the two centres, each with his left shoulder towards his opponents' goal, hold their sticks wood downwards on the ground, the ball being placed between them. When the signal is given the centres draw their crosses or sticks sharply inward in order to gain possession of the ball. The ball may be kicked or struck with the crosse, as in hockey, but the goal keeper alone may handle it, and then only to block and not to throw...
...Freshmen on Friday. Nordberg has been moved from his position at second base to replace Adams in left field while Chase will probably take Nordberg's place at second. Linscott will play third and Barbee will do the honors on the mound. By these shifts the coach expects to gain a faster fielding outfit than that which has made such a notable number of errors in the recent games...
...days before the Freshman Jubilee, the committee faces the problem of a closed subscription list and a deficit even greater than that of last year. The situation has arisen through no fault of the committee, but from great gain in the number of couples attending and an unusual falling off in the number of stags. For a week the ticket sale will be continued for stags, but the price will be raised...
...Bridge of Sighs would still be audible, and that no gasoline fumes would make the lions of Saint Marks sneeze, but the chose instead to draw inspiration from the petition. "As the appeal justly says" (and Mussolini repeats it) "There are some things so holy that no material gain can justify their sacrifice...