Word: gained
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Marino for years) and Salvatore Foschi were elected twin regents last week, and given identical uniforms and equal governing power, did San Marino catch up with World War II. But something else had been forgotten by San Marino. The stonecutter Marinus during his lifetime railed against wars to gain territory, on his deathbed gave his people a creed which has guided them from the Fourth Century until the 20th: "We do not want an inch of others' lands and we will not give up an inch...
Government 1 also experienced a considerable gain, with 450 men enrolled as compared with 392 in 1939, while Math A increased from last year's 382 to 428. French E, with 308, continued its decline from 1938, when 346 men signed up for the course...
Finally efforts have been made to gain the active cooperation of defense groups throughout the country by the Committee of Correspondence, smacking in name as well as purpose of the Revolutionary period...
...month, an indication of the trend since then was offered by this week's Gallup poll of five "border" States: Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware. In three of the five the Gallup poll gave Roosevelt an average of 55%. In only one, Kentucky, had Willkie made a gain (1%) since the five were polled on Aug. 25. In Missouri and West Virginia he had dropped 2%, in Delaware 1%. In Maryland he had held his ground...
...board costs by only a very small amount if at all, an amount which might well be offset by some of the disadvantages to student waiting. Any savings brought about by reorganization of the dining halls in the direction of greater efficiency would, on the other hand, be pure gain. The only justification for the introduction of student waiting is that it would supplement the work of the Temporary Student Employment plan in providing jobs for students. If is on this ground, and in view of the considerable support for such a plan expressed by undergraduates, that the committee recommends...