Word: marginals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dreamed up the idea of buying shrimp from Delta fishermen and reselling it in the lucrative Saigon market. After his discharge in July 1972, he put up $3,000 of his own money, talked $20,000 out of four Vietnamese partners, and went into business. Swanson expects a profit margin of 20% by the end of this year; in three years, he expects his income to double. Ben Tre is a bit too quiet for Swanson's expansive Texas tastes, but friends back home keep him supplied with his favorite jalapeno peppers, pinto beans and Gouda cheese. "Once...
...Cadet comeback virtually impossible. Co-captain John Quirk finally iced the win for the Crimson in the two-mile with Harvard needing only a second place finish to win the meet. Quirk completed a sweep of the mile-two mile double, and Bill Durette gave Harvard a comfortable margin of victory with an unexpected second...
...Crimson kept pulling steadily ahead, adding a half length every 500 meters to its margin of lead. Harvard got its finishing spring up to about 38 or 39 but all the Middies could muster under the sloppy conditions was a 36. Coach Harry Parker's Crimson eight hit the finish in 6:04.0 while Navy limped...
Princeton has looked good this year, no mistake about it. But Harvard has looked equally good (margin of victory times are dead even) and in a race such as this, tradition is a big plus to have on your side...
Radcliffe lost to Princeton by a scant one-second margin in a race in the midst of the seat-racing shake-up three weeks ago. Since then, however, the 'Cliffe team has molded itself into as solid a woman's eight as there is in the East...