Word: majority
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...EACH OF the last five Presidential elections the major public opinion polls have predicted the winner and his margin of victory within a few percentage points. Consequently, today, the scientific sampling techniques used by most polling organizations have come to be accepted as a fairly reliable barometer of American public opinion. But there are major questions involving the uses--and misuses--to which the polls...
There have also been instances of politicians commissioning private polls of limited samples and leaking the results to the press as if it were a national poll. By adjusting the sample it is, of course, possible to obtain any desired results. In recent campaigns, major candidates have frequently commissioned polls on certain issues, using the data to mold a popular campaign image of themselves. This sort of molding is, obviously, what politicians have always done; but it may not be in the interest of better leadership that they have an instrument as fine as the polls to help them...
Coach Bill Brooks expects six sophomores to be major factors in the team's success. Steve Krausse, a regular winner last year, will swim in the distance freestyle events, and Johnny Munk will perform as a butterfly man. Toby Gerhart and Dave Powlison are both solid freestylers, and Mike Cahalan in the sprints and Steve Baumgart in the breaststroke also show great promise...
Springfield, defending champion in the New England League, does have some talent, however. The Chiefs' major asset is depth, but there are a few outstanding swimmers. Co-captain Dennis Sbrega is the New England 200-yard butterfly champion, and junior Tim Meyer is on his way to becoming the fastest freestyler even at Springfield. The meet will be in the new 50-meter Linkletter Naratorium at Springfield...
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