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...more dangerous is the assumption that new norms can be created by a statistical study of the actual sex practices of the day. Here we have the modern sociological approach to the problem of norms reduced to its final absurdity . . . All we need in the future is an accurate Gallup poll. That would be the final triumph of a 'scientific' civilization...
...Western Union came news last week which in the long run would weigh heavily in the balance of power and peace. While the U.S. Congress still debated the issue, a majority of Americans had come to believe that their country should form an entangling alliance with Western Union. The Gallup poll reported that 65% were now in favor of U.S. military guarantees to Western Europe. Those were sentiments and opinions. But the Russians could understand them, or a Frenchman, or even a man from Mars...
...Gallup poll last week reported that he had jumped to third position (behind Stassen and Dewey) in popularity with G.O.P. voters; only Vandenberg and Stassen had gained in the last month. The poll also showed that the Michigan Senator would give President Harry Truman a worse drubbing now than he would have a month ago. Said a southern Senator: "Against Truman, Vandenberg would carry several states of the deep South. He is the one man who would make voting Republican respectable down there...
...anyone doubts that baseball is the favorite U.S. game, there are statistics to prove it. Last week, a Gallup poll showed that a whopping 39% of Americans enjoy watching baseball more than any other sport.- Next in line of popularity: foot ball (17%), basketball (10%), horse racing (4%), boxing...
...those people who wonder why they have never been interviewed by a Gallup pollster, Gallup has worked out a mathematical answer: at 3,000 interviews a fortnight, it would take him 450 years to get around to everybody...