Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...other times burns against the black outlines like live coals. Driven by an unremitting artistic conscience, he agonized over some of his paintings for 25 years before he finally considered them finished. Though his greatness is now undenied, he lived in near penury until he was over 40. To gain a minimum of security, he signed an exclusive contract with Art Dealer Ambroise Vollard, agreeing to turn over all of the paintings in his studio for a mere $10,000. After Vollard's death in 1939, Rouault brought suit, recovered some 700 of his own canvases, burned...
...foreign travel. Dignity is given to the place by a set of men called Fellows, who, living at the expense of the College, spend the day walking about arm in arm, looking immensley important, and occupy the evening in telling stories and drinking immense quantities of Port wine. To gain a fellowship is the aim of every undergraduate...
...really important game this weekend, in relation to the NCAA tournament, will be between B.U. and Clarkson on Saturday night. Should Clarkson win this game, it might easily gain a bid to the tournament, either in the Terriers' place or in the varsity...
...Master of Eliot House, said the plan is "tremendous." He added, however, that "it is like tossing $50 to the 100 neediest cases." In a similar vein, Robert W. White '25, chairman of the Department of Social Relations, said the proposals "don't represent enough of a gain for non-Honors students." Another Faculty member felt the proposals would create too great a distinction between Honors and non-Honors students...
Farnsworth added, however, that although there are fewer applicants to medical schools now than a decade ago, 20 per cent of students graduating from the College desire to go to medical school. Of this number, 96 per cent gain admission to a medical college...