Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hope of South American democracy. But he did not push the urgent reforms demanded by the Leftist coalition which put him in power, showed more liking for conservatives than for Communists who had given him powerful support. He lost the confidence of Chile's Popular Front, failed to gain the complete confidence of his new friends on the Right. Result: turmoil. Rios, without a political majority, found it difficult to govern at all. Chile's numerous ills, notably including a rampant inflation, grew worse & worse...
...taxes would amount to only 25% on profit on a long-term capital gain, as compared to the 74% income taxes on his regular salary of $141,000 a year...
...Navy, it's all different. My town's got as much to gain or lose from this war as any place. I think anybody who uses his paper to obstruct the progress of the war, especially on the home front, should have his head examined (even a funny looking head like the Colonel...
From an almost forgotten quarter came a loud, firm "no." It was the voice of the Marines, who fear that unification would end the identity of their proud Corps. Said Lieut. General A. A. Vandegrift, Commandant: "We can envision no gain ... in any reorganization which would discard a tradition and an esprit. . . which have become inspiring parts of the heritage of our people...
Seizure of Hollandia, with its three excellent airfields which have accommodated as many as 300 Jap planes at a time, means that MacArthur would gain a base 960 miles southeast of the great Jap base at Palau (whose seizure may be necessary before landings can be made in the Philippines) and 1,200 miles southeast of Mindanao, second-biggest island in the Philippines...