Word: marginality
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Committee adopted the majority recommendation last Monday by a margin of three votes. That decision, too, was kept secret, and the Faculty did not learn of it until the next day. And even then it was asked to sit and listen...
...Hartwick Warciors dominated play during the first half-only by a small margin. however. Frequently, they were a step ahead of the Crimson booters and their passing was steadier. Harvard was excellent when the ball was on the ground. but the Warriors kept the ball in the air and their head passes were more accurate than those of the Crimson...
...called. He said "No," and the audience gasped. Other nays followed, and then Quentin Burdick, Democrat of North Dakota, cast the 51st negative vote. "That's it!" someone yelled. Agnew slumped in his big leather chair. Haynsworth had been beaten, and by a surprisingly decisive 55-to-45 margin. It was a bitter defeat for Richard Nixon, who had chosen to lay the prestige of his presidency on the line for Haynsworth. His nominee was the first to be rejected by the Senate since...
...keyed. Thirty-eight Democrats voted against Haynsworth, but the margin of defeat was provided by the President's own party. Seventeen G.O.P. Senators-including the top three leaders-defected. To do so, they had subjected themselves to some of the toughest manhandling to come from the White House in years. Nixon confined himself to low-keyed sales pitches, but Attorney General John Mitchell and White House Aides Bryce Harlow, Harry Dent and Clark Mollenhoff adopted hard-knuckle tactics. For weeks, the struggle was a bizarre mixture of moral controversy, party loyalty, political animosity and crude pressure, all played...
...service has since received 1,100 inquiries, and ministers have met with 500 women for serious counseling. Most of them seek abortions. The majority by a narrow margin-55% to 45% -are single. About 65% are between 19 years and 30; 14% are 18 or younger. The latter group must bring parents. Explains Bielby: "A girl in that situation at that age ought to have the help of her family...