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Pollsters have the power to peg a winner before a large part of the electorate has voted. If this information is broadest, studies have shown that supporters of the projected loser will not turn out, hurting those on the ticket whose races have not yet been decided. Ostensibly, had Carter's fate not been prematurely broadcast on national television, more Democrats would have decided to vote between six and eight o'clock Pacific time, probably returning Corman to his seat. But instead, NBC went public and Bobbi Fiedler is now the representative for California's 21st Congressional District...
...favorite game of Harvard drinkers is pack is secretly shaken Each player then chooses a can and open it with the top pointed at his temple the loser gets showered and the winner drink
...clear loser in the latest Middle East shuffle is the Soviet Union. Not only was Moscow's military hardware outclassed on the battlefield by American-made Israeli arms, but the Soviets' much touted alliances with Syria and the P.L.O. produced little more than rhetoric. The Soviets' conduct also cast doubt on the widely held assumption that they were spoiling for a chance to put their supposed military superiority to a test in a showdown with the U.S. When the opportunity presented itself in Lebanon, Moscow bunked...
...their easy, neighborhood-pub relations with competitors. Says Pabst President William F. Smith Jr.: "I think some of the camaraderie that existed ten years ago has changed. We've put on boxing gloves." Smith has hung a sign on his office wall that reads: SHOW ME A GOOD LOSER AND I'LL SHOW YOU A LOSER. Miller Chairman John A. Murphy has been known to take satisfaction out of wiping his feet on an office rug bearing the familiar eagle logo of Anheuser-Busch. Over at Anheuser-Busch, Chairman August Busch III has reportedly disparaged Miller...
...sometimes cunning and guarded, then unnervingly straightforward. He can be vulgar and abusive to his closest associates, yet passionately loyal. He cherishes honor and courage, but is a far better loser than winner, gallant in defeat, gloating in victory. He is perhaps the most openly ambitious man in America, yet he admits, "My desire to excel borders on the unhealthy." He urges world peace, yet many of his heroes are conquerors...