Word: margined
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...winners: 1) Shirley Temple 2) Clark Gable 3) Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers 4) Robert Taylor 5) Joe E. Brown 6) Dick Powell 7) Joan Crawford 8) Claudette Colbert 9) Jeanette MacDonald 10) Gary Cooper Shirley Temple's margin over her nearest rival was bigger this year than last. New names among this year's first ten were Taylor, MacDonald and Cooper. Demoted, to the next group of 15 "honor stars," were James Cagney and Wallace Beery. The late Will Rogers...
Duquesne, celebrated for its victory over Pitt, picked to uphold the North against Mississippi State, did so in Miami's Orange Bowl by the margin of Boyd Brumbaugh's place kick after his own touchdown in the second period...
This victory over Dartmouth sews up the championship of the Quadrangular League, for who could imagine the weakest Eli team in years even approaching this year's Crimson. Joe Stubbs' team should have little difficulty with the Tigers, and unless they have another case of over-confidence, the margin of victory ought to be at least six goals...
...Crimson pucksters defeated Rindge Tech by the decisive margin of 8-1 in their opening game of the season. This will be Belmont Hill's first engagement...
...employed in what is usually known as "the numbers." Credited with having put the numbers on a big-business basis was the late Arthur ("Dutch Schultz") Flegenheimer.* In pennies, nickels, dimes, dollars, mostly from the poor, the money pours into the underworld in an ever-golden stream. The profit margin is high, for while the odds are 1000-to-1, the payoff is usually 600-to-1. Moreover, the runner generally gets 10% of the winnings as commission and an additional tip is in order. Welching is common, and since the use of the track as the basis...