Word: marginals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...last play of the game, the Crimson struck back with a safety to preserve the 21 point margin...
Quincy House downed Berkeley College 7-6, on a muddy field in extremely cold weather when a fumble on an extra point attempt after a Berkeley touchdown brought Quincy its margin of victory in a defensive battle...
...Supreme Court's ruling and revive the death penalty (see THE LAW). The arguments were familiar: those in favor talked of deterrent value, those opposed belittled that notion and spoke impassionedly of the sanctity of human life. Still, voters chose reinstatement by a more than 2-to-1 margin. The vote was a statement of principal rather than binding legislation, but it may indicate that the death penalty is not yet dead...
...British-style parliamentary system. To ensure passage, the measure specified that those who voted for it would automatically become members of the interim parliament. Those who voted against it would, in effect, be writing an end to their political careers. Not surprisingly, the provision passed by a lopsided margin of 264 to 13?not including the votes of six members who were in hiding and six who had been detained...
...including one of the eight remaining Jeroboams of Chateau Mouton-Rothschild 1929. All this activity has been more than culturally rewarding. In the past ten years, sales of Sakowitz Inc. have risen 150%, to some $60 million, and net profits -which are a family secret-have exceeded the 22% margin that is common for retail chains...