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...Harvard four was then knocked out in the penultimate day’s semifinals by a two-and-a-half-length margin by the Leander Club, the Cup’s winners the next...
...Democratic candidates walk a sensitive line, weaving into their personal stories the role their faith has played in shaping their values while signaling that those values remain ecumenical and expansive. By a 2-to-1 margin (62% to 29%), Republicans say a President should use his faith to guide his decisions. Democrats reject this idea by a similar margin...
...There is evidence of that division in the poll. By a two-to-one margin (62% to 29%), Republicans say a president should use his or her faith to guide presidential decisions. By contrast, Democrats reject this idea by a similar two-to-one margin (58% to 32%). In the same way, while three-quarters of Democrats say the president should not use his or her own interpretation of the Bible to make public decisions, Republicans are about evenly split (46% to 43%) on this. And while the overwhelming majority of Republican voters (71%) agree that religious values should serve...
...results stand in stark contrast to a district-wide parent survey in June that found that parents opposed extending the school day from six to eight hours by a nearly two-to-one margin. (The latter survey did not disaggregate data for the two schools that have added class time, the King and the Fletcher-Maynard Academy...
...famous 1983 regatta-when Australia ended America's 132-year domination of the Cup-was closer, with John Bertrand's crew recovering from 3-1 down to win 4-3. But the races that year were mostly blowouts, whereas in Valencia the average winning margin was 24 sec.-about half-a-dozen boat lengths. After whitewashes at the previous three Cups, here, at last, was a series to savor. The Kiwis stunned their confident rivals by winning two of the first three races. The remaining battles were fierce and peppered with lead changes, but a slightly superior Alinghi crew proved...