Word: margin
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...election day thousands of impoverished, illiterate industrial workers and underpaid, overworked pampinos from the nitrate fields in the north, cast their ballots for Candidate Aquirre. Result was an upset to the hacendados, confident of victory. Aquirre defeated Ross by a narrow margin of 4,000 votes...
...After SEC Chairman William O. Douglas and New York Stock Exchange President William McC. Martin Jr. had conferred, SEC issued a further reform program agreed on by the Exchange to prevent any more Whitney scandals. Main points: 1) more frequent questionnaires and auditings of member firms; 2) prohibition of margin transactions and the maintenance of margin accounts by member firms and partners doing business with the public; 3) establishment of a 15-to-1 ratio instead of the present 20-to-1 between a broker's indebtedness and working capital; 4) separation of brokerage and dealer capital...
Taking the negative on the question, "Resolved: That this house approves the Munich Pact," the Bellboys won a unanimous decision from the judges. A post-debate vote revealed that the audience disapproved of the pact by a two to one margin...
...winning margin for Winthrop came in the first quarter when Hunt Hamill, Leverett Kicker, was tackled behind his own goal line after having retrieved a bad pass from center. The Puritans added to this score in the third quarter when Joe Peden crossed the line on a short...
George Olive tallied the 'Coaster touchdown, and Captain Jack Lucey booted a perfect placement to give Adams its victory margin...