Word: gain
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...airbrushed across the front, or the c.1999, brand-new, still-has-the-vendors-creases-in-it black T-shirt with "WWF Attitude" scrawled across the front in white and red lettering, with "Come Get Some" on the back. Apparently the management of WWF only left the '50's to gain the vulgarity...
...beating of Rodney King, which inspired a fresh set of riots in the early '90s. Now a new investigation into rampant corruption, law-bending and lawbreaking among L.A.'s finest stands to become the department's biggest scandal yet, raising questions of whether it will ever be able to gain the trust of the citizenry it's charged to serve...
This astonishing return salvaged a year that could have led to back-to-back injury-spoiled seasons, with Clemente's sophomore campaign all but lost to a devastating ankle injury. The performance was astonishing enough, in fact, to gain Clemente Ivy League Player of the Week acclaim alongside Penn's Matt Langel...
...drawn foremost to the leader himself, not necessarily to his ideas. For this reason, charisma is expressed more in oratory, direct communication from the leader to devoted (or potentially devoted) listeners, than in writing. Charisma itself is natural--some have a little, others a lot, no one can gain charisma through education alone--but insofar as charismatic authority depends on oratory, people can be educated to take advantage of whatever natural charisma they possess...
Long ago, women sought to gain access to the famed Harvard education by setting up shop down the road...