Word: marginals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...special White House emissary to a hostile Congress. For the first time in history, a President needs his Vice President more than, well, vice versa. Ford recognizes the pitfalls and anomalies of this situation, not the least of which is a Gallup poll finding that Americans, by a margin of 46% to 32%, would like him to finish out Richard Nixon's term. For the good of both the party and himself, Ford must back up the man who selected him-yet he cannot become his puppet. Last month he made the mistake of letting his loyalties...
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...qualifier at Killington, Steele's second run beat the rest of the field by .80 seconds, a large margin in the slalom event. Harvard coach Peter Carter termed Steele's run "phenomenal," although Steele himself said he was not aware that his run was exceptiooal while he was racing...
...district's largest city, in the historic flood of 1889. Barring a reversal in a vote review, the Democrats captured a seat that had been held by the late John P. Saylor, a Republican, for 24 years-hardly an encouraging sign to jittery G.O.P. vote seekers. Yet the margin of victory was so razor-thin-230 votes in a turnout of more than 121,000-that it offered little comfort to Democrats hoping that massive revulsion against Watergate will turn November's House and Senate races into a landslide victory for their party...
...expected, it rejected the motion by a 5-4 margin. All four liberals voted against the bill, joined by Alfred E.Vellucci, the only independent councilor who had gone on record supporting controls...