Word: marginals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...final week, most polls showed that the Conservatives' lead over Prime Minister James Callaghan's Labor Party had dropped from 20% or more to less than 6%. At week's end yet another poll by Market and Opinion Research International (MORI) indicated that the Tory margin had shrunk to a bare 3%; a 6% lead might translate into a majority of 30 seats or more, but the MORI sampling of voters suggested that this Thursday's election had become too close to call. Beyond that, other polls indicated that Callaghan had a 19% lead over...
...verification. Reason: under the expected terms of the accord, if such dimensions are increased or decreased by more than 5%, the weapon would have to be designated as a "new type" of missile and be subject to a sharp limitation on deployment. (Some critics of SALT caution that the margin of error in measurement still makes it impossible to determine whether Soviet missiles exceed the size limits.) Missile takeoffs are monitored by ground bases to the west. With the closing of the two sites in Iran, the bases in Turkey are the nearest to the Soviet Union. The impact areas...
...Yale crew, which some observers rank as a co-favorite with Harvard for the 1979 rowing title, helped to justify that presumption Saturday with an over-whelming defeat of Penn. The Elis rowed the Connecticut River course in 5:54.0 to the Quakers' 6:07.5, a surprisingly large margin, as Penn seemed a more formidable rival...
...Radcliffe J.V. heavies also lagged behind the Yale oarswomen on Saturday by a smaller margin of five-and-a-half seconds. The final margin is not indicative of the real strength of the J.V. women, cox Meg Ziegler said yesterday. Ziegler added, "We were even up until the 1000-meter bridge...
...been called a preview of the May 12 Sprints. But on an unusually calm Charles River, the event turned out to be little more than a continuation of the past three years, as a powerful Yale eight smoked an upset-minded Radcliffe boat by an open-water, 10-second margin...