Word: error
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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George Gallup continued to point out that his average error on election polls has been 3.4 percentage points. And he was careful to note that in 1948 most of the "undecided" voters finally went to the Democratic side. But even after all the rules of caution are observed, the Republicans' 6% gain in the party poll and Eisenhower's overwhelming margin on the vital Korean war issue are important straws in the September political wind...
Heavy Mortgage. Fred Alger's error is a common one in Michigan because Soapy is an uncommon politician. From his office on the second floor of the state capitol in Lansing, Governor Williams runs Michigan with a fine air of democracy and honest folksiness. His office door is never closed, and newsmen are privileged to wander in & out of his "goldfish bowl" (as he calls it); they listen in on state conferences. Soapy detests pomp and formality, sends his three youngsters to Lansing public schools. He lives well within his $22,500-a-year salary: there is only...
...proceeding . . . I received in return a letter stating that, on finding the picture too large to place in his safe, the owner had cut out what he considered to be the most important part, that is the head . . . As for the remainder, it had been sent back by an error on the part of his housekeeper. I was urgently requested to keep the matter dark . . . My answer to this was to inform the Press." Soon the artistic world was in an uproar. Telegrams and cables began to pour in. Public demonstrations took place. "In Italy . . . a 24-hour strike...
Lieut. Commander Tierney, concluded the board, committed a "grave error of judgment" in making a sharp left turn into the path of the onrushing Wasp. This turn was the "sole cause" of the collision, said the admirals, completely absolving the Wasp's Captain Burnham C. McCaffree of all fault. They advanced three theories to explain Tierney's disastrous maneuver: 1) he had become "completely confused," and thought that a sharp left turn would bring him to his correct position; 2) he ordered "left rudder" when he meant to say "right rudder"; 3) he thought...
...announcing his first post-convention results, Gallup pointed out that his figures are fallible, recalling that his average error in national elections is 3.4 percentage points. Nevertheless, the poll is still the best available measurement of the positions just outside the starting gate. Ike's lead should do nothing to inspire overconfidence among Republicans, although it may dispel some recent G.O.P. misgivings...