Word: gallups
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...panicky, though, as the campaign moved toward Thursday's election. Unlike its effort under Michael Foot four years ago, Labor under Kinnock has waged a slick campaign that had its leaders exuding confidence. "We are closing fast," claimed Kinnock. Indeed, some polls did show the Tory lead sagging. A Gallup survey last week revealed support for the Conservatives dropping by four points, to 40.5%, compared with Labor's 36.5% and the Social Democratic-Liberal Party Alliance's 21.5%. Thatcher nonetheless seemed destined to become the first Prime Minister in this century to win three consecutive terms. "There's no doubt...
...contras. Yet after the big story broke, the press fell out of public favor, even if not as steeply as did Ronald Reagan. Dan Rather, for example, was rated high for believability by 40% of those questioned in June 1985 and by only 28% in a January Gallup poll...
...have cordial relations with all the CentalAmerican governments They have been very criticalof Sandinista abuses," he said. "They have notpublicly supported U.S. aid." The FDN leader citeda Gallup poll showing widespread suppoprt for U.S.aid to the contras in Honduras, Costa Rica, andGuatemala...
Whatever set of regulations emerges, it will take time to undo the severe damage to the City of London's reputation. For many Brits, the Guinness affair has reaffirmed a deeply felt suspicion of the City. Recently, 80% of those surveyed in a Gallup poll believed that the charges of "shady dealings" and "corruption" applied to "many" City companies. "I always felt there are bigger rogues at the top than there are at the bottom," says George Payne, a foreman at British Road Services' Oxford depot. "So this is no surprise...
Kinnock has led the resurgence of the Labor Party since its 1983 defeat by Prime Minister Margret Thatcher's Conservative Party. A recent Gallup poll indicated that the Labor party now leads the Conservatives by three-and-one-half percent. As incumbent Prime Minister, Thatcher decides when to hold elections...