Word: marginals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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History proves that this group has never had that kind of profit margin--this group leads a very hand-to-mouth existence. The group collects very little revenue annually and expends only what is necessary to put together a season. The group is not capable of spending what they don't have on extravagant trips, lavish parties or extended weekend retreats. Many times I and several other members of the Bach Society, which cannot depend on a strong alumni foundation for support as some other performing organizations on campus, have been called upon to put up their own personal funds...
...campaign, the absence of a commanding personality on either ticket, and the fuzziness of the national mood on both economic and foreign policy issues. In this environment, small tactics and forced errors can have a large impact. Experts in offensive gambits and defensive damage control are indispensable. With no margin for error, the danger of a gaffe, a mistake that will reveal too much, induces a crippling level of scripted caution. After the feel-good placebo of the Reagan years, neither Bush nor Dukakis dares to realistically ; address such pressing questions as the $2.8 trillion national debt. Devoid of content...
...East Germans by just 0.3 of a point, felled by a controversial technical ruling that penalized the Americans a fatal half point. Come the all-around, it was a duel to the last 10 between Rumania's perky Daniela Silivas and the Soviets' no-nonsense Elena Shushunova. By a margin of just 0.025 of a point, Shushunova squeaked by to nail the gold, with teammate Svetlana Boginskaya capturing the bronze...
Joslin's first goal, which provided the margin of victory, came midway through the first half off a deflection following a short corner...
Eight times the Ivy League faced non-league opponents. Six times it lost. In the two wins (Penn 38, Bucknell 35; Cornell 17, Colgate 14), the margin of victory was only a field goal...