Word: gainful
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Herrmann struck out four in the first three innings, but never quite escaped trouble. Just when he appeared to gain confidence—in the third inning, he coolly rung up Missouri batters Jacob Priday and Tyler Williams—the Tigers bats struck back, as they did with two more two-out runs that inning...
...conservative clerics within the state but unable or unwilling to mount a people-power challenge to clerical authority, Khatami's movement has lost much of its ability to convince Iran's voters of its ability to secure change. Khameini appears to see little to fear - and much to gain - in allowing the lead reformist candidate Moein to run for president...
...cheap precisely because the in-crowd won't touch them. "I don't buy prime merchandise," he says. "I buy stuff that's fraught with discomfort. I buy some terrible things." Yet these terrible things produce terrific returns. Wadhwaney's $1.26 billion mutual fund has racked up annualized gains of 22.5% since its birth three-and-a-half years ago?double the rise of a comparable index of non-U.S. stocks. (I've entrusted his firm, Third Avenue Management, with some of my own money for nearly a decade, though I don't own any of the stocks mentioned...
...countries like Australia don't want to eat whales, fine. But they have no right to impose their value judgments on us." JOJI MORISHITA, Japanese delegate to the International Whaling Commission. At its annual conference this week, pro-whaling Japan hopes to gain enough votes to relax a 20-year-old ban on the hunting of humpbacks and fins
...officer reported to 16 Divinity Ave. because someone had allegedly attempted to gain entry into several buildings. After speaking to the wandering individual, the officers transported the individual to the hospital for an evaluation. Complaints will be sought against this person...