#gained

The defeat of the Americans in Canada and the advantages gained by the British arms in the Jerseys, and indeed for some months in every other quarter, gave to the royal cause an air of triumph. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

#air #arms #british #canada #cause

It was a great time here in the States this year, and definitely I feel like I'm playing well again. I gained a lot of confidence in the last couple of weeks, and I just have to, you know, keep going and keep the momentum now. ↗

— Daniela Hantuchova

#confidence #couple #definitely #feel #gained

A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success. ↗

— Cullen Hightower

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The true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success. ↗

— Cullen Hightower

#gained #includes #measure #others #success

I think George Foreman must have gained about 350 lbs and is slow as ever. ↗

— Larry Holmes

#ever #foreman #gained #george #george foreman

My job is to suggest and ratify and use any expertise that I might have gained over the 23 years in professional hockey to make our game a better game. ↗

— Bobby Hull

#better #expertise #gained #game #hockey

Ironically, tendency to ignore inconvenient facts and unwelcome evidence is actually President Reagan's true legacy, as I noted in 'The Nation' back in 2000, before the current right-wing mania for President Reagan gained its full force. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#back #before #current #evidence #facts

The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one. ↗

— George Gissing

#book #excellent #first #first time #friend

I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai. ↗

— Ralph Fiennes

#certainly #gained #i #lot #reading

The strongest results were in Florida and Texas. In just one year in a Texas charter school, an average student gained 7 percentile points in math and 8 percentile points in reading, while Florida charter schools improved student performance by 6 percentile points. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

#charter #charter schools #florida #gained #improved