Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...though, NationsBank has gained far more profit than it has lost through acquisitions, earning a record $3.08 billion in 1997. Its shareholders have enjoyed an average gain of 26% a year over the past decade, handily beating the 18% annual return for the benchmark S&P 500 stock index...
...right to control its name belongs to Harvard, not because it has purchased the trademark, but because it has been using its name through time, says Frank Conners, an attorney for the University, though he says Harvard does gain benefit by registering its trademark with the government...
...will run through spring break, the Crimson will head out West to face the likes of Cal-Berkeley, Pepperdine, Fresno St., USC and Stanford. With four of these teams ranked among the top 15 in the country, including top-five Stanford, the Crimson look to open some eyes and gain some national recognition...
...allows students to consider carefully the full range of their admission and financial aid choices with the benefit of the perspective attained during the senior year, a valuable period of personal and academic growth. Indeed, our admission letter urges students to consider deferring their enrollment for a year to gain additional perspective before entering the College. Our experience has persuaded us that it is better not to rush ahead in choosing or entering college...
WASHINGTON: Call it a delicate spin cycle. Never before has the Clinton administration had to respond to sexual harassment allegations from a woman like Kathleen Willey: a Democrat; a former supporter; a woman with nothing to gain financially. This is a different kind of accuser, and the White House offered a different kind of rebuttal. Without comment, Clinton attorneys released a series of 15 Willey letters that said it all: "Take heart in knowing that your No. 1 fan thinks of you every day," she wrote to the President -- a whole year after the alleged incident took place...