Word: margin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Many fair-traded items do not insure a gross margin sufficiently large to cover operational expenses...
Although Kirkland led all the way, the margin was never great enough for either team to relax and the starting lineups played practically all the game. Two factors gave Kirkland the win: effective coverage of Winthrop's 6'7" pivot, Ted Nelson by John Lombard, and the Deacon fast breaks which frequently shot into the clear. Lombard at center and John Pankey at forward did most of the Kirkland damage on the offensive...
Much of his work was correspondence and official documents. He did not dictate the replies; he merely brushed one or two ideographs in the margin of each-"Can do" or "Can't do"-which gave his secretaries the clue for the answer. Lunch was Western style when foreign guests were present, Chinese style for his countrymen. He was usually abed by 10 p.m. and he was sleeping soundly, he said. The only insomnia he could remember recently was last March, when the surprise election of General Li Tsung-jen to the vice presidency had made him somewhat sleepless...
...work by the Crimson. The first time, they made up a nine-point deficit, narrowing the half-time Crimson load to 23 to 30. A series of three field goals coming among a flurry of fouls Inter ended the game with Barclay's squad still clutching a two point margin...
Jumping to a quick 7 to 5 lead in the first five minutes, the Crimson never slipped behind despite the fact that Brown outscored them from the floor, 42 to 33. Taking advantage of 24 foul shots, Barclay's squad edged out the margin of victory by sinking 14 of their attempts.The summary...