Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Zimmerman set up the lone scoring play by tossing a long pass to Bill MacVickar for a net gain of 30 yards. After the whistle had blown, MacVickar bobbled the ball for a moment and then lost it to a Deacon player. As Kirkland prepared to take over the ball, the referee called the play a completed pass, and it was first and goal to go for the Bunnies on the Deacon eight-yard line...
...First Downs 16 15 Gain by Rushing 224 147 Loss by Rushing 26 26 F.P. Attempted 16 22 F.P. Completed 4 12 Gain by F.P. 93 140 F.P. Interceptions 3 3 Gain on Interceptions 16 58 Number punts 6 7 Distance Punts 230 294 Average Punts 29 42 Runback of Punts 59 47 Number Penalties 4 5 Yards Penalized...
...that cautious attitude was a measure of past apathy, the election returns themselves were an impressive token of the awakening. An unusually heavy vote in elections to municipal councils throughout England and Wales showed that the Conservatives had made a net gain of 621 council seats. Labor suffered a net loss of 652 seats. Labor's loss in industrial areas was particularly notable. Grim and grimy Birmingham, which the Chamberlain family had accustomed to Tory rule, put 65 Tories in its council of 136. Manchester, Reading and Rugby went Conservative. It was the first major political shift in Britain...
After the Conservatives had surveyed their forty percent gain with mild surprise, they turned toward thoughts of general election. But it is doubtful whether they really sought a reign over this period of trial and tears; the role of critic is safer and more remunerative in the final showing. They were saved from any possibility of gaining power, though, since Prime Minister Attlee considered election returns an expression of temporary dissatisfaction rather than deep-rooted censure of socialist planning, and nationalization of industry will continue at least till the 1950 regular election...
...Bengal Barrage H(7) P(33) First downs 3 23 Gain by rushing 41 290 Loss by rushing 47 30 F.P. Attempted 16 13 F.P. Completed 7 6 Gain by F.P. 80 111 F.P. Intercepted by 1 1 Gain by Int're'ptions 25 0 Number of Punts 6 2 Dist. Punts(Scrim.) 204 78 Average Punts 34 39 Runback of Punts 18 11 Number of Penalties 0 6 Yards Penalized...