Word: marginals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...observed: "Carter had a rough week." In New York, he had hoped to do far better than his poor fourth place with 35 delegates, behind Jackson with 104, Udall with 70 and a block of 65 uncommitted delegates. In Wisconsin, Carter had hoped to win by a big enough margin to knock Udall out of the race. Instead, in a contest so close that NBC and ABC at first projected Udall as the winner (see THE PRESS), Carter got 37% of the vote, Udall 36%, George Wallace 13% and Jackson...
...when the legislation was brought before the Chamber of Deputies, right-wing Christian Democrats, at the urging of the Vatican, tacked on a crippling amendment that would still allow legal abortion only in cases of rape or for medical reasons. The conservatives' amendment passed by a margin of 298 to 286; the pivotal votes came from Italy's small and despised neo-Fascist party. Outraged socialists protested this "black vote," and there was even scuffling in the chamber. "This means there is nothing left to be done with the Christian Democrats," groaned Socialist Deputy Loris Fortuna, leader...
...pleased" with the team's performance Tuesday against Dartmouth. Radcliffe performed exceptionally well on the track to recover from an initial setback suffered in the field events. After the shotput, the discus and the javelin, the 'Cliffe trailed by an embarrassing 25-2. As the track events progressed that margin was narrowed and almost overcome...
Even the lone defeat, 11-7 at the hands of powerful Hofstra, seemed at the time to be a bright spot. After falling behind, 5-0, the Crimson stickmen managed to out-score the Dutchmen over the final 40 minutes to forge the respectable final margin. At the time, Hofstra was undefeated and ranked sixth in the country...
Whatever the reason, the Flying Dutchmen cruised to an early 5-0 lead before Harvard could start its engines. By early in the second half the Crimson had whittled the margin to 5-3. However, when the Harvard stickmen failed minutes later to take advantage of a man-up situation, they seemed to lose momentum. Hofstra sported to an 8-3 lead...