Word: margin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...does not appear too nervous about that problem. It intends to offset the slightly lower profit margin by getting more customers and hanging on to them longer. Currently the company loses about 40% of its customers annually because of MCI's long and cumbersome access codes or occasionally poor connection quality that is due to inadequate switching systems. Those difficulties should ease with equal access to local tele phone systems...
...Crimson poll surveyed 210 randomly-selected seniors over a nine-day period between May 22 and May 30. The margin of error for the poll is 6 percent...
...through a thorough identification process intended to discourage unsavory characters. But the gnomes have done little to change an old German saying: "Money alone does not bring happiness. You must have it in a Swiss bank." On Sunday, it appeared that the Swiss had voted by a 70% margin to keep their accounts both happy and secret...
...balance and how to redress any imbalances that may have developed in particular categories of weapons or regions of the world. But the Administration seemed, certainly to Soviet ears, to be making a provocative political statement, especially when Reagan spoke of the need to establish what he called "a margin of safety." There is no question how that phrase translated into Russian: the Soviets were convinced that the U.S. was determined to force them back into a position of inferiority...
...Celtics outscored Milwaukee, 35-27, in the second period for a 67-48 halftime lead. Then they widened the margin to 24 pointy in the opening minutes of the third period, and the Bucks could get no closer then 12 points the rest...