Word: margin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Washington gained its lead in the first 500 meters of the race and maintained its half-length margin over Radcliffe (7:08.82) to finish with a 7:05.52 time...
PHOENIX, Ariz.--Gov. Michael S. Dukakis defeated Jesse Jackson by a 3-2 margin in Arizona's Democratic presidential caucuses and shut out Tennessee Sen. Albert Gore Jr. in the race for delegates...
After Joslin scored her second goal to start the second half, Felsen again dodged four Big Red players and scored a shot from the crease. Thirty seconds later, she found Ersek alone on the crease after a beautiful cut. The connection raised the margin to 9-2. Ersek then made another cut, this time catching a pass from Joslin and scoring her fourth and final goal...
...instead of looking past the Dartmouth crew, the Harvard flew past it on the way to a speedy seven-second victory. The margin of victory was especially impressive when you consider that the Big Green crew was rowing at a faster pace than the Black and White...
...wonder many store managers are forced to slash prices relentlessly. One private study indicates that 70% of all department-store sales are generated by price markdowns. Retailers generally like to sell merchandise for 40% more than its wholesale cost, but these days the margin has shrunk below 20% for many items. Says William Panschar, a professor of marketing at Indiana University: "I can't walk into a department store anywhere in the country and not feel that it's sale time all the time...