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...introduces himself: "Adam Clymer, New York Times...
...judgment this time is harsher for the police, there will be some suspicion that it represents expediency and fear of another riot rather than fair weighing of the evidence. Maybe so. But guilty verdicts would also reflect the fact that this prosecution, led by Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Clymer, did a better job. It relied less on the celebrated videotape, which the defense at the first trial dismissed as a partial record, and more on live testimony -- from weeping or infuriated police who rejected clubbing and kicking as unnecessary and wrong, from seasoned medical experts who debunked the defendants' blow...
...flaws inherent in polling methods have caused some news organizations to become more cautious. During the latest New York City mayoral race, and for the first time in memory, the New York Times did not poll prior to Election Day. Adam Clymer, who at the time was the paper's polling specialist, explained that there was "simply no decent track record." No one could predict with confidence exactly which and how many of New York's registered voters would actually go to the polls. Why, then, did the Times report on polls carried by others? "These polls were part...
During the 1976 presidential campaign, Jimmy Carter did not receive ample contributions to promote a viable campaign until he made a huge jump in the national polls, Clymer adds...
...primary there is a tendency not to "waste votes," Clymer says. Some may gain comfort in casting "symbolic votes"--ones for candidates whose ideas the voter agrees with but who have no chance of winning. "But others could say, 'I should vote for the guy I like second best because my guy has no shot, and I don't want my least favorite candidate to win,'" Clymer says...