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Word: margin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...England before the contest and which even brags a win over Holy Cross, showed little to boast of last night, falling behind by as much as 19 points in the second half. Only some late gymnastics against Crimson rookies allowed the Big Green to narrow the final margin within the bounds of respectability...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Cagers Down Dartmouth; Hooft Leads All Scorers | 12/13/1978 | See Source »

...first-half buzzer, Mark Harris converted an Allen air-ball, drawing a foul in the process. Successfully completing the three-point play after both teams had retreated to the lockers, Harris lengthened the Crimson margin to seven...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Cagers Down Dartmouth; Hooft Leads All Scorers | 12/13/1978 | See Source »

Coach Pappy Hunt said a lack of depth in the sprinting and the void left by freshman distance star Paula Newnham, who missed Saturday's meet due to illness, added to UNH's margin of victory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tracksters Blitzed In Season Opener By Wildcats, 70-35 | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...standard, which calls for companies to limit price rises over the next year to half a percentage point below their average annual rises in 1976-77. Still higher increases may be made by companies with special problems, like rapidly rising raw material costs, so long as their pretax profit margins do not go above the average for the best two of the past three years. The trouble is that more and more corporations intend to take this profit-margin approach, which is extremely difficult to monitor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Rising Perils of Stage II | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

John Fishwick and Jeff Secrest had the easiest matches of the day at the number seven and eight spots respectively. fishwick downed Army's Jim McConville 15-3, 15-5, 15-6, while Secrest outgunned cadet Lou Yuengert by an identical margin...

Author: By Tom Green, | Title: Racquetmen Outgun Army, 9-0 | 12/9/1978 | See Source »

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