Word: margins
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that occasion three Crimson runs and with them the margin of victory were protested by the Tigers on the basis of a misinterpretation of the ground rules by the umpire...
Three hits, two walks, two errors by the infield, and the pitcher's hesitation on a double-play ball were enough to give Holy Cross three unearned runs in their half of the fourth. Adding three additional tallies and stifling Harvard's attempted rallies the Crusaders held the margin of victory throughout the remainder of the contest...
Thirty-six Senatorial votes-three more than necessary-had long since been counted to sustain the veto and the margin of error in this calculation was conceded to be very small. Nevertheless, up to the Capitol, day after the House vote, marched Postmaster General Farley to lunch with Majority Leader Robinson, help hold the Administration lines. With him went ex-Representative Charles F. West, now Presidential contact-man, and in the cloak rooms of the Senate they and Whip Harrison proceeded to buttonhole doubtful members. Only one clear victory did they gain: New Mexico's Dennis Chavez, successor...
Last week it looked indeed as if he would get most of his legislative program from Congress but everything was not rosy. His proposal to extend NRA for two years seemed about to take a licking (see p. 16). He had on paper only a bare margin to prevent passage over his veto of the Bonus Bill which would dump $2,000,000,000 worth of greenbacks on the nation. He had the problem of roundly rejustifying his whole program of lavish expenditure-in order to justify excluding the Bonus...
Barring upsets, Harvard should gain a 15 point margin over the Yale team, for the Cantabridgians will be at full strength for the tussle...