Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...presidential controversy, Queens Democrats were attempting to gain some measure of control over the borough college, which they felt had to be responsible to the "desires of the taxpayers...
Final decision, however, was left up to the faculty, which was called to a meeting by President Klapper two days later. One of the A.Y.D.'s most virulent critics, City Councilman Hugh Quinn, attempted to gain entrance to this session...
...further singling out the failures of certain other committees because their leaders will not be around next year. But the new men who have just been elected to the Council should dig into Committee work where they can make significant contributions to the College and, incidentally, gain valuable administrative experience...
After their long political catnap, the Conservatives were at last thoroughly awake, worked harder than Labor to get out the vote. By week's end, the Conservatives had captured a prize beyond their fondest hopes: they had chalked up a net gain of 829 seats, while Labor had lost 633. The Tory tide swallowed Wandsworth, Ernie Bevin's home borough, and Herbert Morrison's own stamping grounds of Lewisham. The Conservatives registered big gains in London's working-class Hammersmith and Holborn districts. Moaned one Labor official: "It turns our stomach...
Freshmen, who have directed the various fund-raising projects to raise a minimum of $1500 for a scholarship, will gain $200 from the austere dinner, the Radcliffe dining halls department has promised...