Word: gained
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Though there is hardly any way in which he could gain enough delegates to win the nomination, McCain refused last night to withdraw from the campaign...
Creating a system of monetary reparations for slavery would damage America's public spirit. It would exalt the merits and benefits of digging through history for political or financial gain. Although the crimes of the past must always be remembered, an acute political interest in historical misdeeds usually accompanies and fuels the rise of divisive, sectarian politics--one remembers Slobodan Milosevic boosting his power by exploiting the 600-year anniversary of a Serb defeat. Rather than looking to the past to gain wisdom, such approaches rub the public's wounds with the salt of past misdeeds, breeding mutual antagonism...
...leading proponent of gun control. We are now working to inform other students about gun control through lectures, debates and petition drives. We hope that, once faced with the facts about gun violence in America, Harvard students will feel compelled to act on this important issue. Once we gain support on campus, we hope to work with state and national organizations to lobby lawmakers, encourage further youth action and, perhaps most importantly, influence the results of the coming election...
...Williams said that categorizing art as "black" can help the black artist's target audience gain access to what they want...
...this "Titanic Tuesday" to George W. Bush and Al Gore. Now it comes down to how their opponents, John McCain and Bill Bradley, respectively, compete against the expectations that have been set for each of them. On the Republican side, McCain needs both to win New York and to gain an overwhelming number of votes in California's so-called "beauty contest," where any registered voter can take part in a non-binding contest (Bush is widely expected to sew up the Golden State's 162 delegates in the Republican-only part of the vote). McCain's hope is that...