Word: gainful
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Though most students attend MIT's summertime Research Science Institute (RSI) to expand their theoretical knowledge in one of many fields, gain an appreciation of real-life scientific research procedures and enjoy the companionship of those with similar interests, one side benefit is that the program occasionally inspires funny-sounding e-mail messages from a place apparently named "Johore," a region in Malaysia. At least this is what first-year Altay Guvench found out after he attended RSI two summers ago. Shortly before presenting a final report on his activities at MIT's Lincoln Laboratories, a military research lab, Guvench...
...coffee, I saw it. A cute little teddy bear, all dressed up for Halloween in a black velvet skeleton costume. His acrylic eyes, his fuzzy synthetic fur--it was all too much. I forked over the cash and brought the bear home. What easier way for the Man to gain access to my home, than through the commissioned agent Mr. Bear...
...going into The Game. The Bulldogs countered with a powerful offensive squad, with running back Calvin Hill, a future NFL star and father of Detroit Piston Grant Hill, and Brian Dowling, a quarterback who had not lost a game as a starter since junior high school and would later gain most fame as the inspiration for the character of B.D. in Gary Trudeau's "Doonesbury" comic. A powerful Yale team had defeated an emerging Harvard unit narrowly the year before, setting the stage for a showdown for the Ivy League championship...
Freshman year was a good learning experience for her, and with Larson and Foster leaving, she looks to gain significant playing time next season...
...that consumers are not in a particularly forgiving mood when it comes to financial institutions, which are imposing cutbacks on service, often forbidding customers from speaking with tellers. "People don't like banks in the first place," says Greenwald. And debate over exorbitant ATM fees isn't likely to gain them any new fans...