Word: marginally
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...league games, only 86 have been no-hitters. The "perfect game"-i.e., a no-hitter with no batter reaching base on a walk or error-has not been achieved in the major leagues since 1922.* Last week Brooklyn Dodger Pitcher Carl Erskine missed the perfect game by the scant margin of a base on balls to-of all people-Pitcher Willie Ramsdell, weakest hitter of the Chicago Cubs...
...Navy shell was pulling away from the eleven-crew field, led second-place Princeton by a length and a half. Upping the beat to 31, Navy had a two-length lead at the 25-mile mark. In the final 200 yards, with a disdainful sprint, Navy increased its winning margin by another full length. Helped a bit by a tailwind, Navy was timed at 15:08.1. Previous course record, set by Cornell: 15:31. Also rans: Princeton, Cornell, Wisconsin, California, Columbia, Washington, Stanford, Pennsylvania, M.I.T., Syracuse...
...Narrow Margin. Cops & robbers on a train that rattles along at an exciting express clip (TIME...
...steady entertainment for undergraduates. Even President-emeritus Eliot entered the fray by taking over the leadership of the John W. Davis League which was stumping for the Democratic nominee. In a college straw vote poll Collidge's national victory was anticipated as he won by a two to one margin...
...production of The Narrow Margin, which successfully disproves Hollywood's old-ideas of good movie making, is an indication of the trend the industry is now starting to combat enemies like television which have been taking huge bites in box office returns. There is an economy move sweeping the world's glamour capital that would warm the heart of Congress. With this new move is going a nation-wide search for talent, and a general firing and salary cutting process that is shaking the foundations of many of Beverly Hills' swank shacks. The results can do the industry no harm...