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Word: marginals (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...then did Honest Pleasure's trainer, LeRoy Jolley, not look so jolly after the race? For one thing, the colt did not win the Blue Grass in his customary runaway style. His time was poor (1:49 2/5% for the 1⅛% mile) and his margin a mere 1½ lengths over a 148-to-l shot named Certain Roman, primarily because he fought furiously against Jockey Braulio Baeza's efforts to slow him in the backstretch. For another, there is Bold Forbes, a sprightly East Coast colt who was thought to be essentially a sprinter until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Heading for the Lonely Derby | 5/3/1976 | See Source »

...committee's decision on Nat Sci 36 passed by an extremely close margin--many of the committee members seem to have agreed with Gould that Nat Sci 36's grades are only nominally different from those in many other courses. But the committee's decision does suggest that many of the easily-graded Gen Ed courses will have to tighten up or move into the limbo in which Nat Sci 36 has just been placed...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: Too Late To Take Nat Sci 36 | 5/1/1976 | See Source »

Trailing 5-1 in the fourth quarter, the Crimson finally got cooking in the offensive zone. Former prep school lax stars John Anderson and Fritz McLoughlin showed their displeasure with the upstart boys in blue by netting goals within a minute of each other to cut the margin...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Andover Thrashes Freshman Lacrosse, 6-4; Defeat Plummets Stickmen's Record To 1-4 | 4/29/1976 | See Source »

...quick Andover penalty followed and McLoughlin again responded for his third goal of the day on a pass from John Grogan. But both momentum and time ran out on the Crimson's comeback try when Andover put a hot wax shine on their margin with a final rally at 11:36 of the final stanza...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Andover Thrashes Freshman Lacrosse, 6-4; Defeat Plummets Stickmen's Record To 1-4 | 4/29/1976 | See Source »

...Committee on General Education yesterday decided to offer Nat Sci 36, "Biological Determinism," again next year, but decided by a close margin that because of its instructors' grading policies, the course will not count toward Gen Ed requirements...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: General Education Committee Changes Status of Nat Sci 36 | 4/29/1976 | See Source »

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