Word: assessing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fallibility of preprimary polls leads some to dismiss their utility altogether. Says Lucien Haas, an aide to Senate Majority Whip Alan Cranston of California: "The polls are absolutely worthless." That is an exaggeration. The real problem is that since polling can assess the views of a body of voters but not which of those voters will actually vote, a preprimary sampling is only an approximation of what is likely to happen. Any politician or pundit who attributes to such a poll more accuracy or importance than it can realistically have does so at his own risk...
...Republicans, as they assess Carter's weaknesses...
...them enough to be classified as partial remissions. Tumors shrank substantially in three of eleven patients with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow. Though it is too early in the treatment of patients with lymphoma (a cancer of the lymph system) or melanoma (skin cancer) to assess the effect of the drug, the attending doctors see encouraging signs. Discussing the early results, Frank Rauscher, head of research at the A.C.S., was emphatic. Said he: "The answer is yes. There is definitely activity against cancer. Abundantly, clearly...
...favorite quotations of the past few months. Rusk was talking about the continuing importance of America's beleaguered diplomatic service, but Bonfante thinks the words might just as easily apply to TIME's own well-traveled corps of foreign correspondents. In trying to describe and assess the increasing number of assaults on diplomatic privilege and protection-not to mention on the diplomats themselves-for this week's cover story, Bonfante found himself under siege, so to speak. He was held captivated in his office by a steady stream of files from TIME correspondents at the scenes...
...rush to change Lloyd's ways stems largely from the hard times some of the syndicates making up the insurance exchange suddenly face. Although professional underwriters on the trading-room floor assess the risks and set policy premiums, all profits and losses are shared evenly through the syndicate, much as in a partnership. These groups range in size from 20 to 1,000 members, most of whom are nonprofessional investors known as "names...