Word: gaining
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Malley is merely a shrewd operator who holds personal gain above loyalty to the people of Brooklyn and above the good name of baseball...
...stay on (TIME, May 12). New Delhi columnist B. G. Verghese felt that Nehru had come close to "tearing off the mask of complacency and compromise that has been the bane of the Congress Party and the country," only to falter at the last minute: "He compromised without any gain. He threw away the opportunity that he himself had created...
...undefeated freshman baseball team picked up its eighth straight win of the season yesterday, whipping the B.U. freshman squad, 4 to 1. Right-hander Wally Cook went all the way to gain the victory, his fourth of the year...
...been said that the only way for the U.S. to win the Cold War is by continuing it. Certainly, there seems little hope that the Kremlin will relax its antagonism to the West. Under these conditions, the U.S. could gain little from a summit conference without either making broad concessions to the U.S.S.R. or agreeing to meaningless generalizations which might hamstring American policy in the future. The Government will have to weigh the alternatives and choose its ground; there is nothing to be gained from drifting with the current...
...Penn sprinted higher and began to catch up while rowing at 37. Penn was still inching up slowly, as the Crimson increased its beat to 37 while the Quakers were flashing towards the finish at a fast 40, The Red and Blue, however, failed to gain any more, and the varsity crossed the line half a length ahead...