Word: marginally
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week the Gallup poll took a sounding on 18 prospective presidential candidates. The first choice, by a large margin, was General Dwight D. Eisenhower...
...margin of victory in the Lowell-Dunster game was also an extra point. Bob Smith scored both of Dunster's touchdowns, one on a 90-yard punt return, and the other on a 6-yard buck...
...Orange and Black extended its winning skein to 19 games with a 12 to 0, victory over Brown last weekend. Despite the slim margin, the Tigers completely out-rushed the Bruins, picking up 422 yards against Brown...
...campaign restricted by both parties to generalities, Churchill had promised his people nothing but leadership. By a narrow margin, the British electorate decided to take up that promise...
When the election was announced in September, Tory leaders had looked for a landslide. Early public opinion polls led them to hope for a majority of 100 seats. As election day drew near, the prophesied margin grew narrower. The first returns blasted all hopes of a big victory. The Tories gained a few seats in Labor's strongest bailiwicks, the cities, but the Laborites were still well ahead at the end of the first day's counting. Next day the Tories pulled up even and went out ahead in numbers of seats...