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However, arguments stating that there is increasing disaffection with Major League Baseball tend to be quite on target. A recent Gallup survey reflects this. A sample group of Americans was asked to name their favorite spectator sport. Thirty-eight percent chose football. Only 16 percent chose baseball...
...their only child, a son who was finally diagnosed with the disease. "Using the media is definitely a part of our strategy," says Tom Forschner. The husband-and-wife team has captured the attention of all the daytime talk shows and most newspapers and magazines. By 1990 a Gallup poll found that Lyme disease was recognized by 88% of the U.S. population. "We lived 40 miles away from Lyme, and Karen's physicians didn't recognize her rash," says Tom. Their son died last year of the disease. "Awareness would have made a huge difference...
...people turned out to meet General Douglas MacArthur in San Francisco on his return from the Far East. President Harry Truman had dismissed the outspoken General, but Congress invited him to a love fest where members wept openly. The people supported MacArthur against Truman, 66% to 25%, according to Gallup...
...Senator Joseph McCarthy has become something of an evil joke when seen in retrospect. But he stood high in the polls for longer periods than MacArthur did. Even at the end of Eisenhower's first year in office, McCarthy was supported by 50% of the people in a Gallup poll, with only 29% opposed to him. The history books tell us that many national figures -- including Eisenhower himself -- were afraid to defy McCarthy in his reckless early days; we neglect the reason -- the outpouring of popular support for him. His continued attack on Eisenhower's Republican Administration showed that McCarthy...
...feel safe from that kind of personal attack, he may prove vulnerable to charges leveled at his political character. There is little evidence that any clearly defined beliefs or principles have guided his conduct in office. Doubts on this score may help explain why, according to a recent Gallup poll, 49% of the voters disapprove of his performance...