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After a number of vote re-counts, the bill passed by the narrowest of margins...

Author: By Alex B. Ginsberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Urges Responsible Investment | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

Nellie, you're on your own. The Senator won his seat last fall by the narrowest margin in state history. Bush, who crushed Gore by 30 points in Nebraska, was sending a clear message: a vote against the tax cut would be a vote against a President who was more popular in Nebraska than Nelson. It might even be political suicide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Selling the Tax Cut | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

...over 50 now. I'm not sure it's the most significant film in my canon, but it's a big one, like "Citizen Kane" or "Vertigo" or "Taxi Driver" or "La Dolce Vita." "Kong" was the first film to which I ever gave a close reading, in the narrowest technical sense. Seeing the film as often as I did made it possible for me to examine each contribution in depth - fortunately, it's an unusually rich film in every category. Understanding the pieces of "Kong," what made each component work, helped me later with "Citizen Kane" and "Psycho...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monkey On My Back | 3/9/2001 | See Source »

...wasn't another St. Valentine's Day massacre, or even a blowout, for that matter, but the Harvard men's volleyball team hosted Roger Williams University last night and, in contrast to what the final 3-0 tally might indicate, it eked out a victory by the narrowest of margins...

Author: By Alan G. Ginsberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Volleyball Sweeps Roger Williams | 2/15/2001 | See Source »

...coveted Whitbread Book of the Year award for his tragicomedy, English Passengers; in London. The epic novel interweaves the voyage of a group of bigoted 19th century Englishmen searching for the Garden of Eden and the genocide of Tasmanian Aboriginals. Kneale won the $33,000 prize by the narrowest margin ever, on the chairman's vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones 2/5/2001 | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

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