Word: margin
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...culprits in the stock market crash of 1929 was margin buying, the practice whereby brokers sold stocks for little or no money down. As a result, Congress in 1934 set up regulations that forced investors to put up more cash. The Federal Reserve got the authority to establish the minimum amount, which at times has been 100% but is currently 50%. A $1,000 stock purchase must now be backed by $500 in cash from the buyer...
Slick-fielding second baseman Nellie Fox missed induction by the smallest margin in the history of Hall of Fame voting. Thirty eight other former players on the ballot also fell short of being named...
While the Crimson rested some regulars, the reserve swimmers held off the Big Green to preserve the huge margin of victory...
...White House in 1980, Ronald Reagan warned of a "widening gap" being opened by the Soviets in the nuclear competition and vowed that he would help the U.S. regain a "superior defensive capability." After taking office, he declared flatly that "on balance the Soviet Union does have a definite margin of superiority." Nearing the end of his first four years, Reagan told the United Nations, "America has repaired its strength...
...Ronald Reagan's 1984 landslide merited all those terms. But one thing it could not be called was unexpected. In January, White House polls showed Reagan to have a chance of carrying nearly every state; by midyear, national surveys put his lead over Democrat Walter Mondale near the final margin of 18 percentage points...