Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...neat flowing style of writing rather than a hasty blot of cramped scribbling-provide a margin that cannot be overlooked. "It's true that it's easier to read exams written by girls," on grader notes, "just because their handwriting is far better than boys.' I suppose they might gain half a grade of more by this method...
...March 16 article describing Pamela Mason and her unorthodox views, I must tell you that our senior class in sociology enjoyed it thoroughly. We wonder what she hopes to gain by expressing such laughably absurd ideas on the subject of sex. She approved everything from harems to homosexuality. We surmised, at length, that Mrs. Mason must be seeking attention...
...Gaulle talked as if peace were a far-off thing-a slow process of economic and political betterment that in time might convince Algeria's Moslems that they had more to gain from association with France than from independence. How long a time? Said France's 68-year-old President: "The efforts of a whole generation will be required...
...effective margin of atomic power for several years after the formation of NATO, it is difficult to attribute the actual deterrent effect of the Alliance. The limits of Soviet power have, however, been stable since 1948; indeed the Yugoslavian break with the USSR represents a shaky but tangible Western gain...
...gift of more than $500,000 was made during the period; the gain represented a response from large numbers of alumni in all parts of the country...