Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...paused while some nodded in agreement, then continued: "Presumably to help him gain this understanding, every day millions of words pour out of our presses and loudspeakers to tell him about the day's news and controversies...
...than they were 20 years ago. In fact, admission criteria have nothing to do with scholarship. They are based on tests that do not test scholarship. In the state universities, it's even worse. All you have to do in most of them is to breathe to gain admission...
...pound match between Eliot's Dan Morgan and Dudley's A.L. Barringer. Near the end of the second round, Barringer, a southpaw, knocked Morgan halfway across the ring with a ferocious right. In the next round, Morgan reciprocated by belting Barringer completely out of the ring, and continued, to gain the decision...
...seemed to be getting results. Last week several New York banks lopped ½% off time-deposit rates, dropped them to 2% or 2½%. As interest rates edged down, demand for credit picked up. Loans by New York City banks rose $152 million last week, more than twice the gain of the same 1957 week...
...showdown, Chairman Kress will have a hard time overcoming the rebels. Since they are a majority of the foundation's trustees, they have 42% of the stock in their control, will need only a small number of proxies from other stockholders to gain a majority...