Word: marginals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...demonstrators who were throwing bricks and bottles and chanting "Get the buses!" As it turned out, the resulting backlash against the violence helped the Governor, who also closed fast with an aggressive and well-financed campaign. Carroll not only took 63% of the vote but won by a record margin of nearly 192,290 votes...
...such assistance, while 49% were opposed. But a nationwide survey conducted by the New York Times and CBS after the speech indicated a turnaround: 55% of those polled approved of aid and 33% did not. A Harris poll revealed that the American people favor federal loan guarantees by a margin of 69% to 18% -if the city "balances its budget and such a plan would not cost the taxpayers any actual money." Pollster Louis Harris told congressional leaders: "The President's attitude of 'New York be damned' has changed the attitude of the American people...
Before yesterday's display, the three goals scored against Columbia last month ranked as the Crimson offense's best effort of the season. Against MIT, the Harvard booters forced so many scoring opportunities that they ran up the margin despite poor first-half shooting and stingy MIT goaltending...
Mayor Kevin H. White fended off a strong challenge by State Senator Joseph F. Timility to gain a third consecutive term as mayor of Boston yesterday. A significantly strong voter turnout of 64 per cent returned White to City Hall by almost a five percentage point margin...
Charges and countercharges of corruption from both camps played a significant role in the mayoral race. Timility's charges of corruption in the White administration, which have dominated the campaign since the September primary, figured strongly in White's narrow margin of victory. White beat Timilty by a 12-per-cent margin in September...