Word: margined
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...finance the measure which gave relief jobs to needy undergraduates. The news will come as a distinct surprise to men who have shared two apparently fallacious beliefs which the administration has made no effort to correct: that the House Dining Halls were to be run on as narrow a margin of profit as possible, and that the money which made the relief possible had come from a reserve fund. There will be much resentment, and to a very small extent it will be justified...
...pile up a particularly impressive list of victories, it came very close to beating such teams as Navy, to which it lost by two points, it was nosed out by a strong Pittsburgh quintet by only three points, and was downed by the championship Eli five by the slim margin of four points. Accordingly, with only four regulars lost through graduation, and with several good players coming up from the Freshman quintet of last season, the prospects for a good season this year seem extraordinarily bright. But on the other hand, it must be remembered that the team faces...
...after, a recount of the votes for Fredric March showed that his performance in Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde had beaten Wallace Beery's in The Champ by only one vote. Academy rule says the margin must be two or more. The dilemma was solved by ordering another gold statuet for Wallace Beery...
...margin of Mrs. Culbertson's defeat was 190 points. Next day, David Burnstine & partners beat the team most people thought would win the cup, Ely Culbertson, Oswald Jacoby, Theodore A. Lightner and Michael Gottlieb. Margin of Ely Culbertson's defeat: 1.500 points...
...York City, Roosevelt had 1,297,000 to Hoover's 496,000. Hoover's upstate lead of 500,000, however, reduced this margin to about 51,000. Surrogate O'Brien was ahead of Pounds by two to one for Mayor of New York iCty. Lehman was leading Donovan by almost 900,000 for the governorship. Wagner was leading Medalie by 127,000 to 71,000 for United States Senator in returns from about half of the state...