Word: feeling
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Associates, one of the nation's leading political polling organizations, will conduct public opinion surveys and research for TIME and other Time Inc. publications on an exclusive basis in the magazine field. Under that arrangement, the editors of TIME will regularly ask Harris to explore how Americans feel about the urgent political, social and moral questions of the day. The first poll, which appears this week in The Nation, was begun in mid-March. It examines public convictions about military power, past, present and future, and how far the American people are willing to go in the exercise...
...ecology, Finch has been a leader in expressing concern. "The ecological sequence is just frightening," he says, discussing pesticides. "It drives you right out of your mind." A heavy smoker, he has nonetheless publicly supported the stand taken by the Federal Communications Commission against cigarette ads on TV: "I feel very strongly about those miserable commercials...
Most Americans believe that the original U.S. commitment to South Viet Nam was justified. But most also conclude that the U.S. has failed to achieve its aim of preventing a Communist takeover in that country. A 56% majority feel it is "very important" that Hanoi and the Viet Cong not take over South Viet Nam, and by a 50%-to-37% margin Americans answer affirmatively when asked, "Is the war in Viet Nam worth it or not?" Despite that conviction, 45% of the U.S. public conclude that the nation is not succeeding in preventing a Communist victory in Viet...
...reduce the U.S. military role in the world, reasoning that 'we are overextended now,' 'it is too expensive to become too involved,' 'others ought to solve their own problems,' and 'we have suffered too many casualties already.' A majority of 51% feel our present stance is as far as we ought...
Students have asked to have it dropped this year because events of the first weeks of April made the four days in reading period more necessary for catching up on lost studying time. They also feel that the essay has been discredited since the faculty has decided not to give it again...