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...GOPsters had loyally backed them up. But more significant was the fact that 20 Republicans had broken away to follow the lead of Michigan's Arthur Vandenberg in voting for confirmation. With 37 of the 44 Democrats voting or paired for approval, the truant Republicans provided the margin of victory. It was a personal triumph for Arthur Vandenberg...
...thin run proved to be the slender margin of victory in two close-fought intramural league baseball games yesterday, as the Dudley Commuters defeated Dunster House by a 7 to 6 margin, and Kirkland slid by Adams House...
Judging from the comparative scores against Navy, the teams are extremely evenly matched, both losing to the men from Annapolis by the identical margin. The Green attack, led by former all-American Merriam, is considered to be slightly better than anything Harvard has shown. However, high scoring Varsity captain Jay Hurley will be a constant Crimson threat...
...voters gave their answer to this political naivete. In the biggest turnout in a Chicago city election, they rejected the G.O.P.'s Russell W. Root-a political nobody-and elected the Democrats' businessman candidate, Martin H. Kennelly, by a 273,354 majority. Kennelly's margin had been exceeded only once before in the city's history...
...this almost as well as management, and they would be foolish indeed if they did not take full advantage of it in setting their demands for the coming year. With bargaining power reduced by incontrovertible facts, new highs in labor's terms can be avoided only by the slim margin of union moderation, at a time when unionists are bearing the brunt of a greatly increased cost of living. Labor leaders are under greater pressure than ever from their followers to bring home increased wages. Only the threat of another round of strikes which might be disastrous to the future...