Word: gainful
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...role. As U.N. Secretary Trygve Lie handed over the temporary chairmanship of U.N.'s Atomic Energy Commission, Baruch prefaced his proposals with a touching passage: "I was moved," he said, "in the afternoon - shall I say, in the late afternoon - of my life, to add my effort to gain the world's quest, by the broad mandate under which we were created" (the January resolution of the U.N.'s General Assembly passed in London). He said: "All of us are consecrated to making an end of gloom and hopelessness. It will not be an easy...
Kirkland House was the victor in the spring term competition. To gain the championship the Deacons took the crown in hardball and crew and tied for first place in tennis with Winthrop. Dunster led in basketball, swimming and softball to take second. Winthrop House gained third place with Leverette running a close fourth...
Harvard's baseball team will be out to gain a tie in the Yale series when they meet the formidable Blue club on June 24, at New Haven, in their second game this spring. Yale won the first game earlier this month in an 8-0 shutout...
...Protestantism is gaining members. It is collecting more money from them, too, and the average contribution for the collection plate is up. Last fortnight Everyone, Presbyterian quarterly, published the United Stewardship Council statistics for 1945.† Reports from 18 top Protestant denominations showed a net membership gain over 1944: 563,866 (2.2%); increase in gifts: $62,997,968 (14.9%); increase in per capita contributions...
...Gain or Loss Members % Gain Total Gifts % Gain Per Capita Gifts