Word: margin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite disagreements, most of the teachers and school committee members involved appeared satisfied with the final product. Orben said she was not surprised at either the decision or the high margin of victory...
...margin requirements on the use of credit to make investments should be uniform for options, futures and their underlying securities. For any of these instruments, investors should have to put up at least 50% of the purchase price. Current margins range from 50% for stocks to as little as 5% for some types of futures. Speculation will be dampened if speculators have more of their own capital at risk...
...failing to attract as many Independent voters as Bush, but he is also finding it difficult to protect his base of support. Among respondents identifying themselves as Democrats, Dukakis maintained a lead of 64 to 24 percent. Republican voters, however, stayed loyal to their nomineee by a much larger margin of 82 to 6 percent. Among independents, Bush maintained a slight edge over the Governor of 38 to 34 percent...
State Democratic Party officials and the Dukakis-Bentsen campaign deny any erosion of support for Dukakis here, claiming the recent polls are meaningless, and that Dukakis will win Massachusetts by an overwhelming margin in November...
DESPITE recent poll results, the prevailing political wisdom dictates that Mike Dukakis will probably win Massachusetts' 13 electoral votes in the presidential election, although by a much smaller margin than he would like. But Dukakis' national campaign has revitalized the state Republicans, rather than completely eliminating them. Whether Dukakis wins or loses the presidential campaign nationally, that's surely not the kind of legacy he wants to leave the folks back home...