Word: marginals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harvard sailors finished 15 races with a 22-point victory margin over second place Tufts. The Coast Guard Academy and University of Rhode Island tied for third...
...arguing that war spending was mounting much faster than the Pentagon was willing to admit. Arthur Okun, then a member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, recalls glancing skeptically over one set of military-cost estimates marked "For internal consumption only" and penciling in the margin, "but not to be swallowed." Nevertheless, fearing the political onus of a war tax, Johnson held off seeking it until...
...President held a commanding lead in ten of the 16 key states and a comfortable margin in five of the remaining six. Texas, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia and Florida can be considered solid for Nixon; he led by margins of more than 22 points. California, New York, Michigan, New Jersey and Wisconsin can all be considered as leaning toward Nixon; his spread in all five ranged between twelve and 22 points. Only one pivotal state, Massachusetts, seemed to be going the other way. Combining the states that are either solid for Nixon or leaning Republican...
...feeling among voters that he does not deserve it. More voters than ever (85% ) said that Nixon would win; yet a plurality resisted the idea of the overwhelming consensus that Nixon is seeking. Asked if it would be better for people like themselves if Nixon won by a smaller margin or a landslide, the voters responded, 3 to 2, that they preferred a closer election. One reason seems to be that the people prefer Nixon when McGovern is the alternative but have no great fondness for the President in absolute terms. Of Nixon voters, 62% admitted that they were voting...
Wins came over Babson and MIT by identical 41 tallies and against a powerful Dartmouth squad by a 2-1 margin. The frosh booters weren't up for Andover after a spirited comeback victory over the Big Green, and lost the game on a breakaway goal in the third quarter...