Word: margin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shocking defeat, the Princeton Tigers proved to be just too powerful for the Crimson. Losing by a 7-2 margin, the only two victories Harvard could muster were from its No. 8 and No. 9 players, junior Vanessa Hoermann and freshman Virginia Brown. HARVARD 5 PENN 4 HARVARD 2 PRINCETON...
Fisher helped the Crimson hold the edge in thefinal rebounding margin, reeling in a game-high13, but was unable to contribute offensively--thecenter found himself dogged from all sides and wasunable to get off clean shots, finishing with fivepoints on two-for-10 shooting...
...sure their largest commercial banks gave a hand by delaying Korea's loan repayments. Three days later in Manhattan, New York Federal Reserve Bank Chairman William McDonough met with six large banks to urge them to roll over loans to Seoul. McDonough also asked the bankers to delay the "margin calls" on currency swaps and derivative deals, which might help unravel the deal. The bankers didn't have much choice: it was go along or go without. Similar meetings took place in Frankfurt, London, Paris and Tokyo. The holiday complicated matters: as Christmas approached, Rubin and Summers spent some time...
Last season, en route to the Ancient Eight's first-ever undefeated women's basketball season, Harvard defeated Cornell and Columbia by a combined average margin of 18 points. However, the Lions did come within eight points of defeating the Crimson when Harvard traveled to New York City, and the Big Red handed the Crimson its only Ivy loss of the 1995-96 season...
...even Microsoft's stranglehold on PC operating systems. But to protect its position, Intel has cut semiconductor prices faster than anyone expected as rivals Cyrix and Advanced Micro Devices compete furiously to supply cheaper components for the $1,000 PCs now taking the world by storm. Intel's profit margin has eroded from nearly 63% a year ago to an estimated 58% today, says analyst Caroline Gangi at Lehman Bros. Margin erosion may be Intel's biggest problem. The company expects the figure to hit about 50% before leveling...