Word: marginally
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...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...
...first time since 1928, Massachusetts went Republican nationally as Eisenhower carried the state by a small margin...
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...
...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...
...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...