Word: margin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...slow count of ballots cast last Friday, the government election commission showed President Ferdinand E. Marcos leading by 53 percent to 47 percent. An unofficial count by a citizens' poll-watching group of more votes showed challenger Corazon Aquino ahead by the same margin...
Meanwhile, old friends Gwydir and Williams were leading the Lions to a double-digit margin. When Gwydir hit a pair of free throws with under four minutes remaining, Columbia's lead was 10, and its victory was sealed...
...fight to the finish. Trinity's 4-3 victory landed Trinity, Yale and Harvard in a three-way tie for first. In the case of a tie, the team with the most individual wins is awarded the cup, and Yale squeaked by Harvard by a mere two-match margin...
...Concepcion, chairman of the National Citizens' Movement for a Free Election, or NAMFREL, whose unofficial count also showed Mrs. Aquino leading, said there was "no doubt in mymind that the government is trying to make sure it has the margin to win the election. That is very clear...
Cornell boosted its margin to 10 points, 42-32, but Harvard--still playing with a spark reminiscent of the Big Green triumph--wasn't quite ready to call it quits...