Word: margin
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...economy advocates, led by Sen. Alva B. Adams, D., Colo., had hoped to delay the vote until their numbers are bolstered by several absentees who favor the House-approved $725,000,000 relief bill and would give them the margin for victory...
...Georgia Tech safety, after Riegels was finally tackled by a teammate one foot from his own goal, proved to be the margin of victory...
...Crimson, paced by Bill McSweeney and Lee Bird with 15 and 14 points respectively, were never headed as they jumped into an immediate edge and widened this into a 28 to 18 margin a half-time. Much of their success was due to the fact that they were able to control the rebounds off of both backboards...
...guilty of conduct . . . inconsistent with just and equitable principles of trade." This is the Exchange's worst condemnation, the same it applied to Richard Whitney. In Joseph Sisto's case there was apparently no public-loss: he did only a limited brokerage business, carried no margin accounts, and was mainly interested in underwriting. The Exchange charged him with juggling J. A. Sisto & Co.'s books to make his personal trading account look unprofitable; he was also accused of arranging for Sisto Financial Corp. (which he controlled and which has 225 outside stockholders) to buy 1,000 shares...
...League "A" Adams leads its nearest competitor, Eliot, by a wide margin with 18 wins and two losses as compared with the Elephants' 12 wins and three losses. Adams also leads League "D" with 16 wins and four defeats, while Leverett comes next with 10 and four...