Word: marginals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Miller is the favorite in the race, though not by a wide margin. Patrick is a charismatic speaker who will attract a large number of young miners disenchanted with Miller's leadership. Patterson will pick up the sizable bloc (better than 40% of the vote in 1972) that supported Boyle. What worries union progressives is the possibility of a split vote between Miller and Patrick that would give the election to Patterson. "That will return us to the dark ages," says one Patrick supporter...
...America is at peace," said Ford. "None of our sons are fighting and dying in battle anywhere in the world." But he warned against cutbacks in defense spending. "The U.S. would risk the most serious political consequences if the world came to believe that our adversaries have a decisive margin of superiority...
Harvard lost to the Friars by an identical 5-4 margin back at Watson rink in December, but if possible, this game was even closer. Down by a goal with only a minute left, Harvard pulled goalie Brian Petrovek off the ice and went with six skaters...
...games call for a winner and loser and last night was Sollows' to suffer the agony of defeat. Bill Nolen's shot, which appeared to be a misguided pass, squeezed between the goalie's left pad and the right post to serve as the margin of victory...
Despite the presence of mammoth MIT center Diane Ozelius, her team's leading scorer, the Crimson overwhelmingly outrebounded the Engineers at both ends of the court and outshot them by a large margin...