Word: marginals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...inspired Navy for the final third of the race, and as Midshipman second-class Charles Munns strained mightily at his oar, Navy began to move on the Crimson shell. Then, Harvard cox Dave Weinberg called for power, and his boat responded with a smooth, explosive spring, that reopened the margin and won the Adams Cup Saturday--for the first time since 1968 by a little more than a length...
...commission is enforcing a rule aimed at preventing easy profits. In effect, it forbids companies that have been granted price increases to raise their margin of profit-that is, profit as a percentage of sales-above that of a pre-freeze base period. Like most other Phase II guidelines, the profit margin rule is enforced most rigidly against companies with annual sales of $50 million or more. Their officials are currently supplying the commission with report cards on the first full-business quarter after Phase II became effective last Nov. 14. Either through miscalculation or otherwise, quite a few have...
...rowing its first race since winning the IRA championship last June, actually led Navy after 500 meters, and came within a quarter of a length of winning. It was not the most impressive margin of victory that could have been desired, but then, the Midshipmen have customarily stroked only as hard as they had to to win this season...
Last night's vote was the first time the club had formally considered the question of full women's membership. Previous informal votes had favored women's membership by a 3-to-1 margin...
Only Mayor Barbara Ackermann, who introduced the order, voted in favor of it as the measure failed by a 7-1 margin...