Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Might Come. In seeking to gain one concession after another from us, Russia hopes to profit by the well-known reluctance of democracies to risk war and the equally well-known ability of dictatorships to do so or at least to appear to be running the risk. Such a policy usually has a short-range advantage for the dictatorships. But it ultimately leads to war. The concessions, which the democracies make, pile up fears and resentments among even a reluctant population until the moment is reached when even democracies are forced to make a stand. Meanwhile the same concessions increase...
...express the gratitude of the Japanese people to General MacArthur . . . is not to worship him as a god but to cast away the servile spirit and gain the self-respect that would not bow its head to anybody. Only thus would MacArthur rest content...
...soul by trying to possess something outside it, and we'll end as that game usually does, by losing our soul and the thing outside it too. But why go on-the Bible said it much better: 'For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul...
...Distinctly you are not here, we hope, merely to gain the smartness required to beat other men. You don't need to go to college for that. In fact, you can learn that better outside college where the real specialists in acquisition are to be found. . . . We hope that you will think of your growing knowledge and skill always in relation to your duty to the community. It would be terribly lonesome business to know how to do something well only for the purpose of advancing a personal interest, to get ahead of someone else...
...First Downs 16 7 Gain by Rushing 377 48 Loss by Rushing 13 67 Forwards Attempted 10 35 Forwards Completed 3 8 Gain by Forwards 49 107 Forwards Intercepted by 7 1 Gain by Intercepted Forwards 160 0 Number Punts 3 7 Distance Punts (from scrimmage line) 110 263 Average Punts 37 38 Runback Punts 56 0 Number Penalties 6 5 Yards Penalized...