Word: margin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...societies of which history informs us went through periods of decline; most eventually collapsed. Yet there is a margin between necessity and accident in which the statesman must choose. The statesman...
...overwhelmed by floods of reports compounded of conjecture, knowledge, hope and worry. Only rarely does a coherent picture emerge; in a sense coherence must be imposed on events by the decision maker, who seizes the challenge and turns it opportunity by assessing correctly both the circumstances and his margin for creative action. In crises this agility is akin to an athletes. Decisions must be made very rapidly; physical endurance is tested as much as perception, because an enormous amount of time must be spent making certain that the key figures act on the basis of the same information and purpose...
...Margin of Uncertainty...
Amherst lost to the powerful UConn sqad by a 7-2 score, while the Crimson booters fell to the Huskies by a narrow margin, 2-1. But the inclement conditions "lessened our advantages," Sanacore said. "We played well, but we couldn't play our game...
Crimson harrier Leslie Voight, although the sixth Harvard runner to come home, cemented the victory over Brown with her 19th-place finish. She blistered past the Bruin's fifth runner to provide the narrow margin of victory...