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Certainly, there are people over age 75 who have had cancers detected by routine screening, and gained several extra years of life because of treatment.

He cut back only after a full-scale family intervention (干預(yù)), in which relatives told him he'd gained weight.

By naming her fears and facing them head-on, Leah gained confidence.

Many patients also gained a better understanding of the illnesses that landed them in the hospital in the first place.

The bear first gained fame after it was spotted wandering around neighborhoods and was caught on videos that were posted on social media and shown on national television.

The issue of the stresses felt by students in elite school districts has gained attention in recent years as schools in places like Newton, Massachusetts, and Palo Alto have reported a number of suicides.

The puzzle was what benefit would be gained from it when performance might be affected the following day.

No one knows the precise use Google will make of the intellectual property it has gained by scanning the world's library books, and the truth, as Gleick, an American science writer and member of the Authors Guild, points out, is that the company probably doesn't even know itself.

When you look at every possible option, you tend to focus more on what was given up than what was gained.

In fact, almost every interview I've ever had was due to a connection—one that I've gained through pure determination, not a school brand.

So, while there may be insights to be gained from matching behavior to brain activity, those insights will I not necessarily lead to justice in a court of law.

These less-stressed workers gained an average of 62 minutes per week of productivity.

A study found that a strong nifio in 1997-98 helped America's economy grow by 15 billion, partly because of better agricultural harvest, farmers in the midwest gained from extra rain.

Boldness can be gained little by little.

Brooks gained fame for several books.

It was not until I became involved in student government that I gained the confidence to handle projects that I created with the help of asucr office of the president.

I've gained five pounds since I arrived.

I had gained weight in the form of muscle mass, but thinking only of??lowering?the number on the scale, I altered my training program.

It's a sad reality—our desire to avoid interacting with other human beings—because there's much to be gained from talking to the stranger standing by you.

Nothing is necessarily gained by forcing students to learn geometry at a graffitied desk stuck with generations of discarded chewing gum.

Now utopia has grown unfashionable, as we have gained a deeper appreciation of the range of threats facing us, from asteroid strike to epidemic flu and to climate change.

Pyle was famous for covering the human side of the war, writing about the dirt-snow-and-mud soldiers, not how many miles were gained or what towns were captured or liberated.