Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...citizen-this liberty not only left him cold, but its impulses and demands were deeply repugnant to him. . . . Luther hated the peasant revolt which ... if successful, would have given a happier turn to German history, a turn toward liberty. . . . He told the princes that they could now gain the kingdom of heaven by slaughtering the peasant beasts. Luther, the German man of the people, bears a good share of responsibility for the sad ending of this first attempt at a German revolution...
...Buren, in defining the immediate aims of the club which have been approved by Dean Hanford, said that "we are working toward building up enough undergraduate interest to gain the support of the Faculty in approaching the alumni for the necessary funds...
Said little A.P. Member Kerney, on his editorial page: "The supporters of [the Chicago Tribune's publisher] McCormick now are preparing petitions to Congress to exempt news agencies from the antitrust laws. This is an unfortunate attempt to gain special favor. . . . Congress should turn [it] down. Freedom of the press . . . is not a license to newspapers to run their businesses apart from the rest of America. . . . It should be treated by the press . . . as the sacred trust which...
Indian parties disowned the violence. Congress Leader Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru pleaded for a cessation of "these attacks. This is not the way to gain independence. . . . You are only damaging your own cause...
...Adam Walsh's fast-breaking T, Quarterback Waterfield proved a rare combination of razzle-dazzle and wheelhorse reliability. In his nine Ram games he has thrown 143 passes and completed 76 for a total gain of 1,449 yards. On defense he leads the league in interceptions, with six. He has place-kicked 29 out of 31 attempted conversions. His favorite play is the "bootlegger": Waterfield simply fakes to other backs, then pulls some fast sleight-of-hand and swings out around end, literally hiding the ball behind his back. This sandlot ruse has made four opponents look sick...