Word: margin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...might seem, $500 is a lot of money to some people." But she convinced voters she felt their pain over Governor Jim Florio's $2.8 billion tax increase. It was her vow to undo the damage with a 30% income-tax cut that gave her a winning margin of 26,093 votes. This time, though, it is the feisty McGreevey who seems to be connecting with New Jersey's dollars-and-cents voters. The closeness of the race has already hurt Whitman's national reputation. To save her governorship, she will need to show voters she understands that their lives...
...Attention to detail is especially important. Approximately every page-and-a-half, find an adjective or adverb. Underline it twice, draw an arrow to it, and write "Really?" Then, underline every twelfth line and place a question mark in the margin...
...second half, the Harvard team looked relaxed and comfortable: despite only winning by a margin of one, it did not seem concerned...
Hoffa contends that it was only the old allegations of scandal that caused his 1996 loss to Carey by a 16,000-vote margin. So his recent stump speeches hammer on the accusation that Carey knew of a plan to launder union funds through third parties and into his campaign coffers. "Either Ron Carey is a fool or a crook or maybe just a crooked fool," sniffs Hoffa. "One thing is certain--he has set the Teamsters back 20 years...
...Vice President formally set up the endowment May 2, 1994 in a ceremony at the Knoxville campus. He wrote Haney inviting him to the event and thanking him "from the bottom of my heart" for the contribution. In the margin was a handwritten note: "Thanks Bill! You will never know how much this means to me. You are a great friend...