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In the sixteenth century, control of colonies and gold bullion gave Spain the edge; seventeenth-century Holland profited from trade and finance; eighteenth-century France gained from its larger population and armies; and nineteenth-century British power rested on its industrial primacy and its navy.

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Over tens of thousands of generations, such skills increased the status of those who displayed them and gained a reproductive advantage over the less capable.

I had gained 25 pounds.

The U.S. has invested four billion dollars converting to digital mammography equipment, and what have we gained from that investment?

So it gained some traction, and we're trying to roll this out and trying to use it for educational purposes, but also, perhaps in the future, in a more clinical situation.

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