Word: marginals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...health and safety problems, that he had committed fraud and embezzlement, and that he ran "the most notoriously dictatorial labor union in America." The miners had listened favorably to Yablonski's call for reform -and then, three weeks before the murders, they had re-elected Boyle by a margin of nearly 2 to 1. The immediate widespread suspicion, almost impossible to prove, was that the killings were related to the bitter election fight and that Tony Boyle himself might have been involved...
...result was phenomenal, if not utterly unbelievable. Over the course of the Spring schedule, Radcliffe lost only one race, by a scant one-second margin to Princeton, during the early part of the season. But from there on, the 'Cliffe amassed an incredible succession of victories. The varsity eight even vindicated the sole setback of the season, humbling Princeton by a substantial margin in taking the Eastern Women's Sprint title...
Then, after battling the wind some more, officials decided not to run the race at all. But Radcliffe and the Czechs agreed to race on their own, unofficially at least, to settle things. Radcliffe again jumped to a quick lead, and at 500 meters had a length margin. At that point the Czech team quit, and Radcliffe paddled home the rest of the way, an easy winner...
Then, on April 17, the Faculty esolved that any Harvard ROTC unit should be no more than an ordinary extracurricular activity "with no special privileges or facilities granted either by contract or informal agreement." The Bruner Resolution, adopted by a 385-25 margin, provided that "existing contracts inconsistent with this principle be terminated as soon as legally possible and that scholarship funds be provided where need is created by this decision...
...brief history of The Crimson would be incomplete without reference to Crimson parodies of the Lampoon, Harvard's humor magazine (and vice versa), or 23-2, the mythical score that is the margin of victory in every athletic contest participated in by the paper...