Word: marginally
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last Saturday afternoon at West Point a large group of Army and Dartmouth football players appeared in a game slated to separate the men from the boys. The boys swiped the show by a fairly wide margin...
...special handiwork of Mississippi's John Rankin and the powerful veterans' lobby, the bill gives $120 each month to crippled ex-G.I.s whose disabilities are in no way connected with their military service (TIME, Aug. 27). The House had already overridden the veto by an overwhelming margin. The Senate promptly followed suit...
...Memories. Many a middle-aged American, remembering the giddy air of 1929, thought that all this had a familiar ring. Actually, the 1951 bull market is like no other the U.S. has ever seen. Unlike 1929, when stocks could be bought for as little as 10% down, the margin requirement is 75% and most of the buying is for cash. The public has rushed in, but instead of chasing after low-priced and highly speculative "cats & dogs," it has usually bought "blue chips." Reason: the public is a lot smarter, partly because 1920's memories still linger but also...
Highest & Fastest. This made Pilot Bridgeman the highest human. As the Skyrocket rounded the turn at the top of its flight, he was probably the fastest too; his speed exceeded 1,000 m.p.h. by a wide margin. For a moment he had time to look around. The sky was dark blue, "but not as dark as advertised. It wasn't purple, just a nice heavy blue. The land seemed blurred, and although I believe I saw the curvature of the earth, I cannot be sure that...
...British auto industry, reported the Yearbook of International Trade Statistics, outfooted U.S. automakers in volume of exports last year by a wide margin. Of slightly less than 1,000,000 cars and trucks exported by all nations, Britain accounted for 540,000, the U.S. for only 260,000. Biggest buyer of British cars: Australia (76,246). Biggest British gainers in the U.S. market: Austin, up 50% to 5,450; Rootes Motors (Hillman Minx, Sunbeam-Talbot...