11.   Plummeting world oil prices have seriously reduced the margin of maneuver in the transition from military to civilian rule.

12.   Flatley and Spencer traded penalties in the second half as the Queenslanders twice created a seven-point lead before the Blues reduced the margin to four.

13.   Humphreys reduced the margin to five points when he landed a penalty within minutes of the halftime break.

14.   Mexico got a chance to reduce the margin in the final minute.

15.   Natascha Keller, Cornelia Reiter, Nadine Ernsting-Krienke and Inga Moller all scored, while the United States reduced the margin through Antoinette Lucas.

16.   Rising cost of inputs have reduced margins in this industry.

17.   South Korea reduced the margin three minutes before close through an opportunistic goal from Keon Kyun-Kang.

18.   The inventory accounting change also reduced the margin.

19.   The Koreans frustrated all efforts by the Indian players to reduce the margin with a solid defense.

20.   The two stayed close for the first dozen laps, but Ralf then reduced the margin to less than a second.