Word: margins
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...Knesset members backed the Likud leader for the job. Israeli politics has taken a dramatic shift to the right since the war in Gaza, and as a whole, right-wing parties fared better in the election than did the centrist Kadima Party - which finished first by a slim margin - and the crippled leftist Labor Party...
...It’s one of the best decisions I’ve made at Harvard,” Kim said.Last weekend, at the first part of the Ivy Championships, Kim competed in the sabre, winning two bouts and losing a few others by a close margin. Because the Crimson only has three sabre fencers and there are three sabre positions to fill, Kim competes in every tournament.“I really respect her for her attitude and her character,” Brand said. “She’s making steady progress. I think she?...
...tough challenge against Ryan Reichel, but ultimately overcame her and won in three sets, 7-6, 2-6, 6-2. The Crimson battled to the end, winning half of the single matches, but it was not enough to get the win, and the Big Green escaped by a narrow margin. “We didn’t do much wrong in the matches,” captain Laura Peterzan said. “They are a good team and the difference was only by a couple of points.” With the loss to Dartmouth, Harvard received...
...limits in December 2007, they told him no. But on Sunday, as if resigned to the idea that he would keep on asking until he got the answer he wanted, voters said yes. Venezuela's second constitutional referendum in 14 months was approved by a resounding 54% to 45% margin, allowing Chávez to run for a third six-year term in 2012 and perhaps others after that...
...perverse pride in the fact that no other state has voted more consistently for the loser in modern presidential elections. And while they voted for Obama last fall and for the Democrat in every presidential election since 1988, Collins won her re-election race in 2008 with a margin 6 points larger than Obama's in Maine...