Search Details

Word: marginally (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...works this way: Davidson lost to Furman by one point; Furman topped West Virginia by eight, giving Davidson a seven-point edge over the Mountaineers; West Virginia, in turn, defeated Pittsburgh by 16 points; and the Panthers obliged, upsetting Notre Dame by a three-point margin. The total differences give Davidson a 26-point advantage over the Irish, and the Crimson a 35-point edge...

Author: By Ronald P. Kriss, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 11/5/1952 | See Source »

...first time since 1928, Massachusetts went Republican nationally as Eisenhower carried the state by a small margin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Herter, Kennedy In Morning Surge Show New power | 11/5/1952 | See Source »

Crimson sailors overwhelmed nine eastern teams, beating second place M.I.T. by a 33-point margin to take the Schell Trophy in a two-day regatta at Tech Saturday and Sunday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sailors Whip Tech, Grab Schell Trophy | 11/3/1952 | See Source »

...effect of the 81-vote margin becomes even greater when a surprising 98 percent of the General's backers indicated they will go to the polls Tuesday...

Author: By Erik Amfitheatrof, | Title: Faculty Favors General By 81 Votes in Canvass | 11/3/1952 | See Source »

...Bricker, DiSalle must lure Ohio's large floating vote back into the Democratic fold. The vote floats fast--Truman carried the state by a whisker in 1948, and two years later Taft rolled up a 431,000 majority over Joe Ferguson to win his Senate seat. If Taft's margin reflected more his opponent's mediocrity than his own popularity, DiSalle has a chance. But if anything, Taft seems to be idolized in Ohio even more now than two years ago. Cloaked in Taft's prestige, Bricker has a better than even chance of victory...

Author: By Milton S. Gwirtzman, | Title: The Campaign | 11/3/1952 | See Source »

Previous | 139 | 140 | 141 | 142 | 143 | 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 | Next