Word: narrowed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Military Institute was won. Since then, however, the nine has shown a steady improvement, defeating West Point 5 to 4, Trinity 8 to 0, Penn State 8 to 0, and Massachusetts Agricultural College 5 to 0. New York University, Colby, and Princeton all managed to pull out victories by narrow margins, the latter by the score...
...Massachusetts," the Congressman continued, "people, judging from the conditions around them say that nobody desires nor intends to support the enforcement of prohibition. But these narrow observers forget that Massachusetts is among the wettest, of the forty-eight states, and that beyond its limits the great majority of the country is really endorsing the law, and will continue to favor and uphold it as long as it is on the statute books, which will be until the day after the Judgment...
Professor Hauser outlined the narrow policy of the French governmental trade restrictions of the Sixteenth Century, taking as an example the prohibition of the sale of "Indian" or printed cloth...
...flexible clause of the Fordney-McCumber Tariff to enter into reciprocity with Canada. Moreover, to do so, would seriously antagonize certain groups of Republicans-notably the farm bloc who fought for a high tariff on farm products. And their votes will be needed by the Administration-to maintain its narrow majority in the Senate. So even if two of the neighbors-north of the 49th parallel-can agree with one to the south (the Democrats)-the fourth is still likely to be an insuperable obstacle...
...Tiger cubs started off the season with a string of six victories, but on April 28, they struck a snag in the shape of Blair School, finally succumbing by the narrow margin of 5 to 4. Tome, Exeter, and Peddie all overcame the Freshman in the succeeding games, and it was not until last Saturday that the nine was able to come back with an 8 to 1 victory over Penn Charter...