Word: gained
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2000
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Perhaps the most surprising political gain last week was made by councillor David Maher. Maher, who garnered the least votes in the November election, only narrowly edging out veteran council member Katherine Triantifillou, became the next vice mayor last Monday night. This former member of the school committee is not a complete unknown, but his abilities will be tested in this new role...
...protests, a four-day sit-in at the University of Wisconsin ended in violence. At about 4 a.m. Sunday morning, municipal and university police officers arrested about 50 student protesters, three days after using pepper spray to gain access to the building. Wisconsin did agree to withdraw from the FLA and "conditionally" join...
Dartmouth, on an 8-0 roll since losing to Harvard in early January, swept Yale and Brown on the weekend to gain sole possession of first place...
...ever heard of would do anything remotely resembling these attacks. I mean, it's not as though they have to "get root" on Yahoo's servers to do these things. Unless these people are extremely skilled, they'll be caught quite quickly. If these actions have economic gain as their motive, the perpetrators may have the resources to avoid arrest much longer...
...suspicious too," says Bryant. "But I think I'll get people's respect as time goes on." Bryant's first single, K.O.B.E.--a duet with fellow musical novice Tyra Banks--is receiving radio airplay and is heard during Laker home games, though it has yet to gain favor with coach Phil Jackson. "If it doesn't have any head banging in it," says Kobe, "Phil's not interested...