Word: error
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...convinced) made up its mind that he was an honest and thoroughly sincere man. His fund was probably a mistake in political judgment (as was Stevenson's) but by the time Nixon had finished speaking, the snowballing charges against him had melted down to a tactical error-and no more...
...tough situations. I have never seen any come through in better fashion than Senator Nixon did tonight." He recalled a dramatic parallel. "In [my World War II] command, I had a singularly brave and skillful leader. He was my lifelong friend. We were intimate. He committed an error. It was a definite error; there was no question about it. I believed that the work of that man was too great to sacrifice . . . He has gone before the highest judge of all, but . . . certainly George Patton justified my faith...
...methods have worked well. In1950's off-year election, Gallup was able to narrow his margin of error (average: 3.4%) down to less than 1%: the last poll indicated 51% for the Democrats, and they got 50.3%. In this year's New Hampshire primary, the Crossley poll, using similar techniques, gave Eisenhower a 51.7% majority...
...pollsters are well aware of possible error in their figures, but feel they have the alarm signals set. If they fail, it is still true, as Gallup says, that "nobody has yet devised a better...
...This week, in his first full game, he let Boston's Braves down with three hits. The Sporting News's American League choice for rookie of the year: the Browns' bespectacled Clint Courtney, who is batting .283, leads all major-league catchers in fielding (.998-one error...