Word: marginally
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Taxes & Satellites. Searching for reasons, Wall Street's traders had almost as many opinions as voices. Among other technical reasons for the break, they talked of a sudden burst of heavy selling to establish tax losses against gains made earlier, forced selling on margin accounts as prices declined beyond what traders could bear. Underlying all was the growing uncertainty about the course of the U.S. economy, and indeed the nation itself. Early announcements that the U.S. would not embark on a crash program to catch Soviet Russia's earth satellite had a depressing effect. Investors were increasingly worried...
...military rockets, U.S. Project Vanguard was forced to depend on the Navy's Viking research rocket, whose thrust is only 27,000 lbs. Even if working perfectly, a Viking is barely strong enough to place a 21½-lb. satellite on its orbit. There is no margin for less-than-perfect performance. The Russians, according to General Blagonravov, used their most powerful rocket to launch the sputnik. Their launching vehicle must have taken off with at least 200,000 lbs. of thrust...
...Hazle singled to left, followed with another single by Johnny Logan. Both Logan and Hazle then scored on a double by Eddie Mathews. Mathews was followed by Hank Aaron, who reached first on a hit to center; the two Braves, Aaron and Mathews, strengthened the Braves' margin when they crossed the plate on a Texas League single by Wes Covington...
...third game, Lowell edged Kirkland 3-1. Kirkland dominated the play by three quick break-aways which provided Lowell the margin of victory...
...debate went on, Burma introduced an amendment to make things a little easier for Hungary's masters by having the Assembly "deplore" rather than "condemn" Russia, and was joined by Ceylon, Indonesia and India. The General Assembly rejected the amendment and then, by a bigger margin than last December, voted 60 to 10 to condemn Russia's "continued defiance" of General Assembly resolutions. Yugoslavia was one of the ten Communist nations to side with Russia. Burma in the end voted for the resolution, as did 19 other nations from Asia and Africa. India was among ten that abstained...