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Word: marginally (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...countries-but also as a mediator. In Warsaw (see below) Chou obligingly gave out with Khrushchev's new hard line, but in private Chou was amiable and showed some of hrs earlier friendliness towards the Polish experiment. It was significant that the story about Khrushchev's slim margin in the Central Committee leaked from Warsaw while Chou was there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE KREMLIN: Friend in Need | 1/21/1957 | See Source »

...match between Hammond and Bill Veck, M.I.T. varsity swimmer, provided the evening's most unusual performance. The Harvard man swam the breast stroke, While Veck paced him with freestyle. The engineer led by a small margin for the first fifty yards, but Hammond overtook him and won in the final feet. vard did not swim competitively. Dave Hawkins '56, former Crimson varsity swimmer and a 1952 Australian Olympic team member, now a graduate student, illustrated the evolution of the breast stroke in a series of demonstrations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dyer, Hammond Break Records, Meet Hungarians at M.I.T. Pool | 1/18/1957 | See Source »

Straus started quickly and led at the half, 20 to 17. Grays' Chuck Steel scored several jump shots in the third quarter, but Straus again sprinted ahead for a seven point lead. Two shots scored from the corner by Buzzy Alexander cut the margin to three points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: First Divisional Title Gained From Straus; Grays Wins, 40 to 36 | 1/15/1957 | See Source »

Magloire's most obvious money-makers were companies that manufactured soap, cement and sisal bags. He held a monopoly on all three products, and kept the profit margin high. Meanwhile his two brothers were uncommonly successful in a variety of enterprises, including the country's largest tobacco exporting firm. Another money-making deal involved the new Delmas Road leading out of Port-au-Prince; real-estate records show that before the road was built Magloire and his cronies bought up big blocks of the land along each side. And as the stories began to come out, dozens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HAITI: The Take | 1/14/1957 | See Source »

Noble's win at 147 was possibly the most impressive for the varsity as he downed Cornell's co-captain, Charlie Gratto, 2-1. Each scored an escape, but Noble's time advantage, nearly three minutes accumulated in the second period, proved the margin of victory...

Author: By William C. Sigal, | Title: Track Team Defeats Dartmouth; Quintet, Wrestlers Lose | 1/14/1957 | See Source »

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