Word: gaining
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Princeton's tallies would not have been enough to win, though, if the Yardlings had been able to gain six more yards at the right times. Twice they had the ball inside Princeton's ten yard line, once with first down and one foot to go, and both times they failed to bring it across...
...Street, a delighted yelp went up when early returns from Connecticut's six congressional races were posted. Democrats had hoped to take four of the state's six seats; instead they scored a grand slam and hauled in all six. And as the evening wore on, similar gains across the U.S. gave Democrats the bright view of a strengthened hold on the House, which they dominated last session by a majority of 35 votes. Probable Democratic gain in this year's election: 35 to 40 votes...
...nowhere was the Democratic gain more impressive than in Connecticut. And in Connecticut none of the Democratic victories were more impressive than two: 1 ) in Eastern Connecticut's Second District, onetime (1951-53) Ambassador to India Chester Bowles, 57, toppled five-term Republican Horace Seely-Brown Jr. ; 2) in heavily Republican Fairfield County, Democratic Lawyer Donald J. Irwin defeated Albert P. Morano, became the first Democrat elected in an off-year election in the county in 28 years...
Arizona: Riding in Senator Barry Goldwater's wake. Republicans turned a predicted loss into an unexpected gain, elected Republican Paul Fannin, 51, over State Attorney General Robert Morrison, whose youthful jail term (for bad checks) got plenty of campaign publicity...
...most significant Democratic gain in Massachusetts was scored in the contest for the State Senate, which the party took control of for the first time. Biggest upset in the Senatorial contests occurred in the Back Bay where Democrat Richard R. Caples scored a surprishing victory over incumbent Republican James Bailey...