Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sweep the wide Atlantic in the quest for golden gain...
Usually accustomed to a low-stroking effort over a mile and three-quarters distance, the Crimson varsity demonstrated that it could also raise a high beat as it turned on its fastest sprint of the season to edge Penn and Princeton in the finals and gain possession of the Rowe...
Harvard didn't gain the lead until the halfway mark. Stroke Bill Curwen had been setting a steady 32 beat and then slowly increased it to 36 to pull even with the Penn beat which was stroking at 39. The Crimson's terrific sprint, coupled with Penn's poor steering, gave Harvard a two-thirds length victory victory and with it the championship...
...least Tufts was easy to beat in practice scrimmage earlier this year; and easy to beat last year. In lacrosse, however, as in any other sport, one can never be sure of these all-to-gain-and-nothing-to-lose teams...
...steel industry was not far behind-U.S. Steel turned in a net of $49.9 million, UP 79% from the 1948 quarter. It also showed the best profit since 1929. Bethlehem Steel's $33.1 million represented a whopping 114% gain, and other companies did nearly as well, thanks to maximum production and a drop in the cost of some raw materials...