Word: gained
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...censure resolution failed to gain momentum, but Driskell says that her being the first black, female president has created special challenges in terms of winning respect...
...because of the long history of the racial conflict between the whites and the blacks," he says. "On the other hand, my field [Asian-American literature] is still a very new field. It's 20 or 30 years old at most, so it still needs time to mature and gain momentum and visibility...
Today, as the University is locked in zoning battles with the city over projects like the Knafel Center, a large-scale change involving taking down the old buildings seems unlikely. The University, after all, has no guarantee that it would gain permission to build anything in its place...
Clark also spoke about the value of private gain versus social gain--not something one might expect from a businessperson, he noted...
...students heading to Goldman, Sachs or McKinsey like to talk about the experience they will gain, the loans they have to repay, and the excitement of the job, but no one mentions the inflated salaries or the ease of the job search...