Word: margin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Mapai, the mildly socialist party of Premier Ben-Gurion and Foreign Minister Moshe Shertok, which roughly corresponds to Britain's Labor Party. It favors "democratic" socialism, limited Western orientation, peace with the Arabs. It is generally expected to win, though not by as large a margin as Ben-Gurion and Shertok are fighting for. It has optimistically nominated 118 candidates for the 120 posts to be filled. "The other two places," cracked Israelis last week, "are for the opposition...
...Taft bill, which passed the Senate with a comfortable margin last year, but never reached the House floor, neatly sat on the fence in the public vs. private school aid controversy. Taft left it up to the states. "It is a home-rule provision," he said, admitting that he had "received criticism both from those interested in private schools and from those who think there should be no assistance to private schools of any kind...
...Alvin R. Randall. They have been locking the same gates in the same way year after year; only a blizzard or a fire interfered with their duty. And year after year students quietly walked four blocks out of their way every time they wanted to pass through the south margin of the Yard after dark. The great circle route became a habit; it was well on its way toward tradition...
...losing streak to seven straight, the Varsity was unable to cope with the fast-moving Tiger give-and-go patterns and at the half was behind by a score of 31 to 20. A subsequent rally led by Ed Smith, who dropped in four classy layups, narrowed the margin to 46 to 44 with two minutes to go, but for the ninth time this winter, it was no cigar...
...Congress--there were a lot of Democrats in those two-thirds majorities. Mr. Truman's record up to last summer was so colorless that Republican leaders deemed a campaign unnecessary, thought they would lose less votes by avoiding commitments than they would attract by lavish promises. The President's margin of victory largely represents stay-at-home Republicans, who, confronted with a choice between no program and the Truman deal, avoided the dilemma by voting for neither...