Word: margined
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...squares. Raise the exponent to any number higher than 2 -- change the equation to x 7 + y 7 = z 7, for example, or x 12 + y 12 = z 12 -- said Fermat, and no combination of integers will work. "I have found a truly wonderful proof," wrote Fermat in the margin of a book, "which this margin is too small to contain." He lived until 1665 but never did write it down -- evidence, many believe, that he hadn't proved the proposition after...
With a view to saving jobs, the House by a one-vote margin saved NASA's beleaguered space-station project -- which is now $1 billion over Reagan-era cost projections. But the House voted against more money for another big- science project, the $11.8 billion superconducting supercollider, to be built in Texas. The Senate could still restore funding, but supporters are pessimistic...
...scholarships, all of those who applied for financial aid say their Harvard packages were within a couple thousand dollars of their other aid offers. But last year, almost 40 Black students who chose to decline a Harvard acceptance said they received better financial packages than Harvard offered by a margin of $10,000 or more...
...When we negotiate with reunions, we're not just trying to break even but also make a very small profit--a 3 percent margin," says Director of Dining Services Michael P. Berry. "We love billing the reunion people...
...pressed McLarty in a separate call to see if Clinton would really deliver. "He gets it now," said the chief of staff. With 30 seconds left, McCurdy, Tauzin and several other holdouts fell in line. The final tally was 219-213; Clinton's package survived by a six-vote margin...