Word: margin
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Inside his own party, Carter remained a distant second choice for the nomination. Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the poll showed, would defeat the incumbent President by a large margin. Kennedy led Carter among Democrats and independents by a stunning 56% to 30%. Last fall, after his successes at Camp David, Carter had reduced Kennedy's lead to ten points, but the gap has widened again. Every region of the country, again including the South, gave Kennedy an advantage, as did Democrats of all ideological stripes, including those calling themselves conservatives...
Paired against California Governor Jerry Brown, the President also shows a slide in popularity. Carter still leads Brown 44% to 37% among Democrats and independents, but the margin has been cut in half since a year...
...upset, though, will require an outstanding effort since Yale enters the race with an undefeated record. The New Haven eight edged spunky Dartmouth two weeks ago and took Princeton by about the same margin that Radcliffe beat the Tigers by on April...
...with two outs in the bottom of the eighth by knocking in Mike Stenhouse with his third double of the day. And when Charlie Santos-Buch rapped a two-run single to center on the first pitch offered by reliever John Casey, Harvard had its margin of victory...
...Crimson opened a sizeable lead early in the race, hung on to the length-and-a-half margin through the middle 1000 meters, then left the hapless Bruin eight treading water in the final 250 meters for a two-length...