Word: narrowness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most Birmingham Negroes, just beating the city's tough police commissioner, Theophilus Eugene ("Bull") Connor, in his bid for mayor seemed a major triumph. It was the Negro vote that gave former Lieutenant Governor Albert Boutwell a narrow margin of victory in the April 2 election. Connor had become such a symbol of the nightstick solution to race problems that local Negroes felt certain that they could deal more successfully with Boutwell, even though he is a segregationist...
...elected potato-shaped Mayor Richard Daley to a third term. That in itself was hardly a surprise: Daley (TIME cover. March 15) was figured to be a sure winner from the start. But surprise the election brought, nonetheless: though the mayor chirruped about his "overwhelming victory." his margin was narrow by Chicago standards...
...balance, the new constitution makes it possible for the Governor of Michigan to do a much more effective job of running his state and coping with its economic and fiscal difficulties. "Despite the narrow margin," said Governor Romney, "this appears to be a citizens' victory...
...brief moments last week, it was no dream. The Mets, with a record of 11 victories and 7 defeats, led the National League by a half-game, and the Angels (13 wins, 5 losses) clung to a similarly narrow margin in the American League. Of course, it was only spring training; the regular big-league season starts April 8. And down there in Florida and Arizona, which are practically in the Southern Hemisphere anyway, things are inclined to be upside down...
What irritates Japanese automen is that Toyo Kogyo owes its success to a tiny and unconventional vehicle: a three-wheeled truck that is easy to operate over Japan's narrow roads, easy to park on its crowded streets, and so simple to drive that only a motorcycle operator's license is needed...