Word: margined
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Notre Dame team had been upset by Pittsburgh's Carnegie Tech. Last week, an undefeated Notre Dame eleven gained 235 yards by rushing, to Carnegie's seven, made 15 first downs, to Carnegie's two. But at the end stubborn Carnegie Tech was ahead by the margin of a field goal. Score...
Harvard generally led by a good margin in Europe, for the score in England was 275 to 152 and in France 228 to 94. Representation was about equal proportionally in Japan, where there are 210 Harvard-gin and 145 Yale-gin. In China Yale has 265 graduates to Harvard...
...twin for his late brother Billy, whom he had served as secretary since 1922. Nineteen years ago Sergeant Billy refused a promotion because it entailed separation from Sergeant Larry. Both became lawyers after they reached Washington. Last year Billy swamped his Republican opponent by a 3-2 margin; last week Larry won by 3-2. His first official announcement: he would re-introduce the Connery 30-hour-week bill...
...including Charles H. ("Time Clock") Hubbell, who had One-Eyed Connolly for a campaign manager and got 724 votes), were also rans when the primary vote was counted. But Burton-McWilliams division of votes caused Clevelanders to open their eyes. Mayor Burton turned up with an unprecedented 10-7 margin over his Democratic opponent, although some 50% of the voters, including most of the independents, stayed at home. Astute observers foresaw Mayor Burton re-elected next month by a 50,000 majority...
Finance and Law. During this period Douglas took his only fling in the stock market on margin. On a tip he put every available cent on a stock then selling at $9. In two weeks he sold it at $28.75. This was the peak and a few days later the stock was back to $9. Douglas had a fat profit but his analytical mind shuddered over the thought of what might have happened...