Word: forecasted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...popular support," not into "brick-by-brick construction of organizational support." Last week, Evans was in Vietnam. After analyzing the effect of the Manila Conference on Saigon politics, he continued his search for facts by going into the field to observe the fighting. Novak remained in the U.S. to forecast a post-election struggle between Democratic liberals and conservatives over a seat on the House Ways and Means Committee...
Macy's Board Chairman Jack Straus expects to sell 4% to 5% more goods this Christmas than last, and most other retailers forecast the same. They are optimistic because the consumer is reliable: he regularly spends well over 930 out of every $1 that he takes home, and his purchasing goes up as his earnings go up. The National Industrial Conference Board reckons that, after he spends for necessities and such "fixed" savings as social security payments and pension-fund contributions, the consumer has more than 40% of his income left over for "discretionary" spending or investment; much...
...three networks installed elaborate computer systems programmed to digest early returns and forecast winners at the earliest possible moment. At CBS, the setup was VPA (Vote Profile Analysis). NBC offered EVA (Electronic Vote Analysis); ABC produced RSVP (Research Selected Vote Profile). Like wire-service leg men still dedicated to the old-fashioned proposition that beat ing the opposition by a matter of minutes is a major victory, each network was determined to be first to call the winners. Fragmentary returns from key precincts were fed into the computers; comparisons were made with past voting patterns; projections of the uncounted votes...
...rainy days, announcers give the weather forecast to the background refrains of electronic wind and rain, which comes in three intensities, drying up, drizzle and drench. Warm summer nights are depicted by impressionistic bullfrogs and nightingales, cold winter days by chilling quivers and twangs. The music for time checks ranges from "a snappy c'mon-get-out-of bed sound" to a "gentle good-night-and-sweet-dreams sound." Says Siday: "It's all subliminal. The imagination of the listener can run riot...
...Ford's were up 2%, and Chrysler's 9%. More important, the new 1967 cars seem to be off to a strong start. With personal incomes climbing and 2,000,000 people coming of driving age next year, economists at Ford, Chrysler and the U.S. Commerce Department forecast that 1967 sales (including imports) will match this year's expected 9,100,000 cars. That will be down 800,000 from the alltime record set in 1965-but nonetheless quite good...