Word: gainful
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...could be a Washington or a Jefferson or, impudently, a Robert E. Lee. You could gain some weight, acquire pince-nez and an air of temerity and be Theodore Roosevelt. You could buy a long cigarette holder and do F.D.R...
...High-gain Antenna For high speed data transfer to Earth...
...have great admiration for the astronauts. So it is with much disappointment and foreboding that I learned that one of them, Deke Slayton, wants to use the vastness of the universe for his own gain by arranging burials in space [ECONOMY & BUSINESS, Sept. 29]. To have the ashes of dead people floating in the heavens, and to look at the stars and moon through their remains, does not seem right. A public outcry should stop this outrage before it happens. Pamela Sharp Albuquerque Television Trends...
...there they were on Saturday and Sunday, exchanging not just handshakes but straight talk on a range of difficult and contentious subjects. The evolution dramatized some basic principles of the relationship between their countries. By agreeing to meet and negotiate, the two leaders implicitly acknowledged that neither side can gain a decisive advantage over the other in the nuclear...
...Republicans hope to turn the tide: of the 36 Governors' seats up for election, 27 are held by Democrats. Moreover, with 15 Democratic Governors not seeking re-election, the party has lost the advantage of incumbency in several key races. Political observers expect the Republicans to make a net gain of at least six states. The President recognizes the opportunity for the G.O.P.: a crucial test of Republican strength this year, Reagan told a meeting of the Republican Governors Association in Washington last week, will be in the gubernatorial and statehouse contests. The electorate, said Reagan, had a chance...