31.   Harrison carried several large states by narrow popular margins.

32.   Gore won by a relatively narrow margin, and a win is of course better than a loss.

33.   Had the separatists won by an equally narrow margin they surely would have expected their opponents to accept the result as final.

34.   He won election by only a narrow margin against a conservative rival.

35.   He will have to negotiate with a Congress where control of the House might turn on narrow margins, forcing across-the-aisle charm offensives.

36.   His absence was apparently an acknowledgment that the narrow margin had cast doubt upon his previously unquestioned effectiveness as a campaigner.

37.   IBP Inc. and Cargill Inc. both recently trimmed slaughter hours at both pork and beef plants because of narrow margins, high prices and declining demand.

38.   In addition, the narrow margins and weak profit growth of its leaseback business made it tough to attract investors.

39.   In instant polls conducted Tuesday night, respondents by a narrow margin said Gore won the final round.

40.   In Maryland, Governor Parris Glendening was reelected by a narrow margin because the percentage of black voters among the electorate was doubled from four years earlier.