Word: margin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Democrats easily retained their control over both houses of the Massachusetts legislature yesterday, maintaining a 34-6 margin in the Senate, in which 17 Democratic seats went uncontested...
Florida voters opposed by a margin of three-to-one a proposition to allow casino gambling on a 21 mile strip in Miami Beach. Virginians narrowly rejected a proposal to allow pari-mutual betting at horse-racing tracks, and New Jersey residents decided not to allow jai-alai sports betting in their state...
...amendment to the state constitution gained considerable statewide support, but it was the industrialized eastern section of Massachusetts that supplied the margin of victory. Boston voters approved the measure by 132,121 to 12,000, and Everett residents voted for Question One by the awesome margin...
...Jerusalem's ruling Likud coalition, who believe that Begin gave away too much at Camp David. By announcing that the settlements would be enlarged, Begin was trying to strengthen his position in the coalition and ensure that his own party would eventually approve the peace treaty by a wide margin...
...succeed in this fast-changing, low-margin business, a fellow has to be nimble. Says Jack Neuman, 45, who raises corn, soybeans and hogs in Sangamon County, Ill.: "It used to be that if you had a child who wasn't too bright, you'd say, 'Son, you're going to be a farmer.' Nowadays, if that dumb kid comes along volunteering to farm...