Word: margin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...meant default." In the end, the U.S. conceded. During the Brazil operation, a New York banker roused Volcker out of his sleep one night to plead for a $500 million Federal Reserve contribution to that salvage attempt. Volcker came up with the money. In either case, there was no margin for failure...
After Greg Wildes hit a baseline jumper to balance a Dartmouth tally. Dixon nabbed a steal and broke away for the lay-in that put the Crimson on top to stay. Monroe Trout added a back-door bucket to stretch the margin to four, and Pluinicki finished what he had started with a baseline 12-footer...
Dartmouth later cut the margin to three, but with just four minutes left the cagers mounted an 8-0 spurt to put the contest out of reach...
...swwitched parties was in 1965 when Rep Albert W. Watson of South Carolina did it after Democrats stripped him of seniority for endorsing Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater over President Lyndon B. Johnson. Watson won the seat back in a special election by a more than 2-1 margin...
Manhattan threatened to make a game of it in the last 10 minutes. Slowly they chipped away at the Crimson's 11-point margin, pulling it to within four with just 52 seconds remaining. But Trout hit both ends of a one-and-one to keep the Jaspers...