Word: margined
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...flagship U. S. S. Pennsylvania grand maneuvers next spring in the Northern Pacific by 177 war boats and 447 war planes over 5,000,000 sq. mi. of strategic seaways. Exulted the 100% American Los Angeles Times: "A vast armada, the largest and most powerful by a wide margin ever assembled under a single command in the world's naval history...
Heralded by a brief skirmish in yesterday's news, a major encounter of the coming Congressional session is sure to be the struggle between President Roosevelt and supporters of the veteran's bonus. Although cynical observers predict a victory for the ex-doughboys by the margin of three star-doughboys by the margin of three star-spangled banners and one bloody shirt, more hopeful commentators on the situation feel that Roosevelt, with Congress so predominantly Democratic, might be able to check their exorbitant demands on the national treasury...
Nine of the preferential ballots for Bowditch rated 3-2-1, were rejected because they were unsigned. This reduced his lead of 16 by 20 votes so that Gundlach won by the close margin of four votes. Although there was no place on the ballot on which to affix one's signature, announcement was made through the CRIMSON and at the polls that a signature was necessary...
While many of the facts concerning the Senior Marshal recount, which places Herman Gundlach, Jr. ahead of E. Francis Bowditch by a slight margin, are still missing, it is essential that this awkward situation be cleared up immediately...
Again the team will be coached by Charles N. Proctor of Dartmouth, whose assistance enabled the 1934 board men to come in third in the Eastern Downhill race, although he was unable to prevent his Alma Mater from nosing it out by a scant margin in the Tuckerman's ravine slalom race. The team is open to all men in the University, including Freshmen, and it is expected that there will be a team for each class, rather than only for the second class, as last year...