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Word: marginals (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...Democrats cagily refused to exploit the Goldfine connection publicly, but talked it up privately, managed thereby to set up an issue that Fred Payne could never effectively rebut. Maine politicos estimate that the malodorous Goldfine affair prompted 20,000 Republican steadies to stay home from the polls, provided the margin that let the Democrats win the governorship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ELECTIONS: Gain in Maine | 9/22/1958 | See Source »

...following year, only 11 men were on a side, and two 45-minute periods were played. Early in the second half Yale kicked a field goal for what proved to be the margin of victory, and spectators swarmed on the field and wasted 20 minutes of playing time carrying the Yalies around on their shoulders...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Boston Game' to Ivy Agreement | 9/18/1958 | See Source »

Changing Currents. With such a plurality, many a candidate would sit back on his fat margin, trusting to God, motherhood and still squabbling Republicans to keep him out of trouble. Brown knew better than anyone that post-primary factors would still be working in his favor, e.g., on the November ballot will be a proposition to take tax exemptions away from Roman Catholic and other privately endowed schools; with a huge Catholic vote expected against that proposition, Catholic Brown can only be a beneficiary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Just Plain Pat | 9/15/1958 | See Source »

...doubled to 6,000, and there are another 6,000 gourmet corners in groceries, drug and department stores, supermarkets, etc. It is in the supermarkets that the greatest potential market is beginning to grow. Supermarkets, which usually work on a 16% to 20% markup and a 1.6% profit margin, are turning to the fancy foods because of the high markup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: Let Them Eat Pat | 9/8/1958 | See Source »

...almost the moment the state chief justices, debated their resolution last week; the U.S. Senate finally beat down a series of bills designed to cut the" high court's prerogatives, especially in the field of security cases. But the cliffhanging margin of the votes was highly significant; i.e., on the key vote, the Supreme Court won by an eyelash 41-40 count...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SUPREME COURT: Justices in Judgment | 9/1/1958 | See Source »

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