Word: marginals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Unless the President is able to turn the tide of public opinion, the TIME/Yankelovich poll foresees an overwhelming Democratic victory in the elections this November. If elections for Congress were held today, registered voters would cast their ballots by a margin of almost 3 to 1 for Democratic candidates (52% for the Democrats, 19% for the Republicans). Only 58% of registered Republicans are now committed to their party's congressional candidates, and 62% of the Democrats who voted for Nixon in 1972 plan to support their party's nominees in the contests coming up this fall...
...Government paid its farmers not to plant crops. Now the world's food reserves are at their lowest since World War II, amounting to a mere 27 days of consumption. "We're just keeping our heads above water," observes FAO Official John Mollett. "But the margin of safety is decreasing. One big crop failure anywhere and it could be every country for itself." For most countries in the hunger belt, that could mean mass starvation...
Finding the word to fit the Harvard freshman lightweight crew is no easy task. Words like "great," "unbelievable" or "fantastic" simply aren't sufficient to describe a team whose average margin of victory this season has been 21 seconds, a whopping five boat-lengths...
Although it is premature to label the Yardlings the fastest freshman crew in the East-that will be decided at tomorrow's sprints-they do have the potential to break the record of the largest margin of victory, eight seconds, set by last year's Crimson freshmen...
...Harvard is undefeated going into the Sprints and has the benefit of several strong oarsmen from the previous year's undefeated frosh boat. The Crimson beats Brown by a substantial margin, more than champion Northeastern. Seniors Lebarre and Mahoney know that this...