Word: gainful
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...Japan starts to put money into some of its weaker auto companies and the US only gives The Big Three modest financing, Japanese car firms may actually be in a position to gain market share in America by being able to financially ?outlast? the domestic car companies. Any funds the Congress agrees to provide to GM and Chrysler need to take that into account...
...Hilary May blazed to a first-place finish with an NCAA-qualifying time of 2:08.70. “Hillary has had a great indoor season,” Saretsky said. “She really spent the summer committed to training. As a result, she has continued to gain strength and confidence.”Senior captain Becky Christenson—who just last week earned an automatic bid to the NCAA championships in high jump with a personal best of 1.86 meters—continued to dominate, clearing 1.75 meters. “Becky is, well, Becky...
...Solidarity, led by the charismatic electrician Lech Walesa, had gained international sympathy after the 1980 shipyard strikes in Gdansk. It would eventually gain huge popular support; 1.5 million Poles would claim membership in April 1989. However, the Communist regime felt threatened by the union and responded with force. In 1981, Wojciech Jaruzelski, the secretary of the Polish Communist Party, declared martial law, criminalized Solidarity, and imprisoned much of its leadership. For two years, Poland suffered under military rule...
...until recently was Russia's richest man. It is also playing an increasingly intrusive role in the private sector. At a meeting in Moscow on Nov. 25, for example, Igor Shuvalov, Putin's First Deputy Prime Minister, told the nation's major retailers that the Kremlin would ensure they gain access to credit on the condition that they demonstrate "social responsibility" by not raising prices...
...reelection efforts. This consideration caused Governor David Paterson to initially favor Caroline Kennedy ’79 for New York’s open seat. Though Kennedy was widely panned for her inexperience and poor performance in press conferences, Paterson stood by the former first daughter, hoping to gain the Kennedy family’s support for his 2010 reelection...