Word: margin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hoped to keep the U.S. out by a daring support of its periled friends, will be historians' debating ground for years to come. The strength of the opposition and the political daring of what he did, could be measured by the one-vote margin in the House, when the draft came up for extension four months before Pearl Harbor...
Harvard and Yale squash teams collided for the first time in three years Saturday on the University Courts as the Blue quintet triumphed over the Crimson by the close margin of 3 to 2. Both teams showed good form in a match which was not decided until the last point was made...
Whether it was or not, combat experience will have to prove. The T-26s arrived in Europe only last month, could scarcely have had a real workout. On the basis of specifications, the Germans' biggest Royal Tiger still holds a margin of power...
...would get tickets to the San Francisco World Security Conference. Turkey and Egypt stepped up to the ticket window,the former making no bones whatever about its motives for declaring war. Several South American countries, warned in advance by President Roosevelt, beat the deadline by a more dignified margin. Now all Latin America, except recalcitrant Argentina, was technically...
...Raiders set a fast pace in the second half, widening their lead to 36 to 24 before the Crimson got started. Forwards Clark and Gerry Johnson did all the scoring from that point on, and although they managed to narrow the Melville margin to four points at one stage, the Raiders more than made it up again, using their second team as the game closed...