Word: margin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Moreover, Clark who was seeded eighth out of sixteen in the 134lb. weight class at the Eastern wrestling tournament two weeks ago, worked his way through the tournament straight to the championship match Once there, however, he lost a tough fought bout by a two point margin...
...goal margin believe that closeness of the frenetic and intaense game, played at Bright Center...
...number of recent public statements, Nitze has stressed that before it is deployed, a strategic defense must be certain to survive attack and be "cost- effective at the margin," that is, be less expensive to build than the offensive systems designed to foil it. It follows from Nitze's cautionary assessment that if Star Wars research fails to produce a scheme that meets those two criteria, the U.S. would be better off trying to make the best of MAD by inducing the Soviets to scale back their offenses and by reaffirming both sides' adherence to the 1972 ABM treaty...
...Star Wars system would have to meet two criteria to be effective. First, it has to be "survivable," or able to withstand a pre-emptive attack. Otherwise, said Nitze, "the defenses would themselves be tempting targets for a first strike." Second, it has to be "cost-effective at the margin." Translation: It must be cheaper to add new defenses than new offensive systems. If it were cheaper to build new offensive weapons, he said, it would just set off a new and dangerous round in the arms race as each side looked for ways to overwhelm the other's defenses...
...fact, in eight of the cagers' 16 losses, their free throw deficit has been more than the margin of defeat...