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...throwing his support behind Abbas. Barghouti may well have beaten Abbas in a head-to-head race, particularly since his candidacy would likely have received strong backing not only from the Fatah rank and file, but also from Hamas, which is formally staying out of the presidential race. The margin of Abbas's victory - he won 62 percent of the vote, compared with some 20 percent for the only significant challenger, the independent leftist human rights campaigner Mustafa Barghouti (no relation) - hewed pretty much to the predictions of the leading Palestinian polling organization. But the same polls found that...
...though, that 1-0 margin over Cornell was particularly sweet...
...Votes in Bush's margin of victory over John Kerry in Ohio, according to a recount completed last month...
That pattern allowed the Crimson to build an early advantage, extending the margin to 24-12 after an 8-0 first-half run, and it went into the locker room with a comfortable 37-27 lead...
Usually when your starters outscore your opponents’ starters by a margin of 51-24, the game is a blowout. But in Sunday’s contest, the Dartmouth bench players outscored their Harvard counterparts by 25 points, keeping the contest competitive...