Word: margin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...victory was hardly a decisive one for the Jumbo squad, which lost the ball no less than six times to the Crimson on fumbles. The margin was a result of the jayvees' inability to provide even a weak offense against Tufts' spotty defense...
Boucher and Hanlon staged a personal duel for second place after both had moved ahead of Norris and McLean at the 1 1/2 mile mark. They could not gain on Reider, but maintained a wide margin over the trailing Crimson runners. Hanlon finally overtook his teammate to place second, with Boucher third...
...already has "Soapy" Williams running scared. The candidate: Detroit's able Mayor Albert Cobo, 63, who, in his quiet, undramatic way, has beaten every effort of the U.A.W. to dislodge him from municipal office. He should be able to cut significantly into Williams' all-important Wayne County margin. But between the cup and the lip, only hard G.O.P. organization work, says Feikens, can prevent a slip like the fiasco of 1954, when Williams won by 253,000 votes over Republican Donald Leonard. "If we're going to get down on the mat with these guys," says John...
...charging Crimson line offset a tight, yet inexperienced Amherst defense Saturday, enabling the varsity soccer team to take its second straight match, 3 to 2, in overtime. The seasoned Crimson forwards looked especially good in the clutch, and provided the margin in a well-played contest...
...world that is nevertheless a permanent part of U.S. sports. Backbone of that world are the bookies-the innumerable small "retailers" and the few large "wholesalers." Often on the run, often prey to mobsters muscling in on their business, the bookies have learned how to live on the shifting margins of the law. While bookmaking is illegal in all states except Nevada, federal law demands a 10% tax on all bets accepted. The bite is big enough to put any bookie out of business, for competition has driven the book's margin of profit-"vigorish" or "juice...