Word: marginals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...margin amounted to a firm endorsement of the issue that totally dominated the campaign: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. Signed by Mulroney and Ronald Reagan last January and passed by the U.S. Congress, the accord will bind the world's largest bilateral trading relationship -- last year's value was about $132.5 billion -- into a single duty-free market within ten years. Two days after the triumph, the Prime Minister's office announced that Parliament would meet Dec. 12 to approve the pact...
...often happens in Canadian politics, Quebec provided the decisive margin last week. The Conservatives benefited, of course, from the fact that Mulroney is a native son, fluent in both English and locally accented French. The party also enjoyed the strong support of Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa, a Liberal but a believer in free trade and Quebec's prospects in a more open North American economy. Most important, Quebec's response reflected the degree to which the French-speaking province has become politically and culturally self-assured, apparently more confident than much of English Canada that its identity will...
...NOTEBOOK: Harvard shattered several team records last night. In addition to breaking the team record for points in a game and margin of victory, the Crimson also set team records of field goals attempted (97) in a game and most attempts made (50) in a game...Harvard outrebounded Smith...
...Captain Sarah Duncan and junior Heidi Kosh dominated the court. Duncan's 16 points in the first half paced Harvard's offense, and Kosh's scoring (a game-high 22 points), combined with her defense (seven steals in 20 minutes) and passing (six assists), propelled Harvard to its largest margin of victory ever. The previous high was 65 points, set during the 1974-75 season against Newton College...
Democratic nominee Alvin E. Thompson beat State Rep. Saundra Graham (D-Cambridge) for the third time in three months yesterday, as a recount of ballots cast in the November 8 general election only increased his margin of victory...