Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...contains some of the poems of Adolfo Bosis, the young Italian flier who lost his life when flying over Rome in order to drop anti-Fascisti pamphlets on the city. There is also a collection of the poems of Ada Negri, Nobel Prize winner, one of the poets to gain praise from Mussolini...
...long gain was made when Chet Litman got loose on the Varsity's 35 yard line and ran 05 yards for the tally. Previous to that the Jayvees had been given the ball but had been unable to gain any ground against the Caseymen. It was a big day for the Varsity both offensively and defensively...
...workers who turn away from these same impartial agencies and decline to use their good offices to gain their ends are likewise not fully cooperating with their government...
Bryn Mawr. About three-fourths of the 350,000-odd U. S. college women attend co-educational institutions. There, say advocates of coeducation, they gain poise and maturity in a normal environment. There, say champions of separate colleges, they are distracted and dominated by men, miss the separate college's stimulus to leadership and a vigorous intellectual life. Says President Marion Edwards Park of Bryn Mawr: "Segregation at the college age doesn't hurt a bit. It teaches an appreciation of each other sadly lacking in women who have no chance to see their sex in control...
Last week Mr. Chrysler announced that $10,000,000 of Dodge bonds would be called for redemption in November, thus paring the Chrysler funded debt to just one-half what it was in the summer of 1928. Chrysler stock registered a gain of 2¾ points for the week...