Word: margin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After Smyly's win in the 100 yard freestyle, Army captain Ed Townsley outdistanced Tom Woods and John Steinhart of the Crimson in the 150 yard backstroke to raise the margin to eight...
Last fall, the vote of the entire student body upheld the honor system by a margin of only eighteen votes. Another vote, called in the near future, would very probably result differently. Students would have fresh in mind the experiences of reading period, when the pressure especially undermines the system. Freshmen, now more fully acquainted with the failings of the honor system, would be likely to switch their votes. The honor system in the library is a luxury which cannot be afforded at present...
...first sketch and the time he begins painting, measures his color areas to give them precise geometrical proportions. ("My paintings are recitals; too many artists stop with the rehearsals.") Among the titles of his newest paintings were "Four Central Warm Colors Surrounded by Two Blues" and "Neutral Gray Margin and Center the Same...
...pointed out, the post-election drop had looked worse than it was. Only 2.8% of the shares on the Exchange had been sold in the 50 sessions after Nov. 2. The drop, apparently, had been caused not by heavy selling but by the "thin market," partly due to high margin requirements...
...spectators with one of the biggest thrills of the day with their neck and neck race with Yale. Tom McGrath led off, ran a steady race, and passed the stick to John Packard who lost ground to Yale's Ellinger. Rounie Berman then narrowed the Elis' margin to 3 yards. Anchor man Eddie Grutsner made a gallant try for the lead but Yale's Brown finished with a 1 1/2 yard advantage. The winning time was 329.9 with Dartmouth in 3rd place. Berman noted that inexperience in competition seemed to be what hurt the '52 runners most...