Word: marginal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Saragat's answer was the one he has made ever since the merger was first discussed: "Unification cannot date from the elections but only from Nenni's break with the Communists." Saragat carried the day, but only by a narrow margin. Then, drawn and ailing-he has a serious hyperthyroid condition-he headed off for a month's rest in the mountains. Behind him he left a party frozen in factionalism and no longer able to capitalize on its greatest electoral appeals-the useful services it performed during the years when its leaders held high office...
Earlier, freshman Jed Fitzgerald had thoroughly trounced Yale's heralded Tom Carroll, schoolboy 880 record-holder. He opened up a commanding 100-yard lead midway through the race and coasted to win by the same margin...
...first time the varsity had been shut out since the Princeton game in 1953, and the margin could have been greater if Dartmouth coach Bob Blackman had left his first string in for most of the game. In the second half, Blackman reached down to the bottom of the bench to give every man a chance to play...
Dartmouth, which has yielded only 10 points in five contests this year, completely dominated the game, outrushing the varsity 313 yards to 109 yards. Had the first eleven played more, both the margin of victory and the rushing supremacy might have been considerably greater...
...Germany held world's top spot for two years. Britain came back fast this year after hard times in 1956, exported 196,000 cars from May through August, v. 178,000 for West Germany, also topped West Germany's sales to U.S. drivers by eight-to-seven margin in heavy midsummer selling period...