Word: blendon
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...executive director of the Harvard Opinion Research Program, Robert J. Blendon, recommended that The Crimson recalculate the results to give equal weight to the responses from females and males...
...Blendon, the public opinion expert, said that the use of the phrase “in general” in the polling question meant that results did reflect students’ impressions of the Summers-FAS dispute...
...This could cause a huge economic problem,” said Blendon. “It relates not only to health care but also people stopping all economic activity. They won’t go out, won’t shop, won’t drop their kids off at school...
...Blendon said that in the future, he hoped to do some later tracking on what people thought about the progression of bird flu as part of the series, and that two or three more surveys might be done if the threat persisted...
Students had mixed opinions about the potential flu epidemic. Most indicated that they did not feel an immediate threat, although they said that they would stop eating chicken if the flu appeared in American poultry. According to Blendon, cooked birds are safe...