Word: marginal
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...whole, Bernard's Brethren was a not very lively job of escutcheon-polishing. Fortunately Bernard got his mitts on the MS before it was published, and characteristically proceeded to make comments in the margin, restoring family grease stains as fast as Charles rubbed them out. His marginal scrawls were incorporated into the book, are much the most amusing things in it. Samples...
Harvard managed to hold even through the first quarter, keeping the score down to 13 to 12 at its end. But by the end of the half the margin had increased from one point to a dozen as the scoreboard read...
...given by Aldrich Durant, Business Manager, as the main cause for the change in board rates this fall. He stated last year that "the cumulative effect of these (labor) adjustments has been such that for the past two years the receipts of dining halls have failed by a considerable margin to cover the charges...
With a minority vote of 23 out of 87 voting the Leftists were defeated by a wide margin in their proposal to place the Union on record as defending Soviet action "as a necessary measure for self-defense." Wild applause and some heckling characterized the meeting and grew with the introduction and discussion of the amendments following the officership elections...
...didn't take Wes Fesler's Sophomore-studded hoopmen as long as expected to get their first court victory of the year. The 51 to 38 margin over the Northeastern Huskies Thursday night was a pleasant surprise, and the squad members enjoyed themselves thoroughly all night. The Feslermen looked very bad Tuesday against a veteran Tech quintet which has been practicing all fall, but bounced back with a much better all-around display against an experienced but small Northeaster five...