Word: margin
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Altostratus, altocumulus, and secondary altocumulus clouds have also been found to indicate approaching storms, but only by a margin of from a few minutes to two hours. The altostratus cloud is a dense mass of falling snow, and by computing its height and rate of fall, the approximate time of its arrival at the ground can be told...
Boston University, however, has the advantage of having met one opponent already this season. Last week they lost to the Salem Teacher's College by the narrow margin of one point, proving themselves a scrappy unit...
Prospects are rosy for this first game, which is looked upon as a good conditioner for the squad. Even Joe Stubbs admits that "We Ought to win it," and the most conservative prognosticators predict a margin of four or five goals for the untried Crimson...
...Governor concluded: "The System has no authority whatsoever to curb buying of securities. . . . Its only authority in this matter is over margin requirements, which apply only when transactions are on credit. . . . There is no speculative use of bank credit in the present situation...
Therefore the Government does just that. On this land live farmers who make a living from it, even if it is of a marginal kind. Hence, under this "resettlement program" they are removed to other and better land, financed by the Government. There if he is to make a living "above the margin" he must produce a salable surplus of goods--which of course knocks the AAA limited production plan out of its hypothetical balance again...