Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Najib-Ullah, who was minister of education in Afghanistan from 1946-49, said that the purpose of his visit was both to gain new ideas about education and to see a University that he had known about from his youth...
...vagueness of the report made many legislators join those who might have had something to gain by discrediting it--South Boston's Sen. John Powers said that it made him "retch inside"--and strengthened the charge that the Commission was merely crying wolf. Opposition to the report also weakened the effect of its positive conclusions about police laxity, the newspapers' cooperation, and occasional political collusion with gamblers...
...game matched brawn versus speed, and while the California forwards wer usually able to gain possession of the ball, its backs could seldom take it far down field...
...second half it was the Crimson's turn to camp in Cal territory. The wind made the difference as the Bears frequently ground out a few yards and the Crimson periodically broke away for a good gain. Joslin had two chances at penalty kicks from about thirty yards out, but again the wind blew the ball outside the uprights...
...government's plans to streamline conventional defense forces and rely on guided missiles and atomic power as a deterrent to war. The Labor party has proposed a motion of censure against the government and is demanding postponement of the H-tests until efforts can be made to gain agreement for calling them...