Word: minuses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Historian Frisky Merriam was walking across the stage of New Lecture Hall in 1926 and putting his feet up on the lectern, distracting his students. He was a character. Later on I had Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr. in another history course. He told the story of some C-minus student who had to be told what femmes de guerre were. "Oh, I thought they were hors de combat," the fellow said. That's what Schlesinger said he said...
...sampling error in the telephone survey is plus or minus 3%; the error factor for comparing current results with those of past surveys...
...Harvard baseball team--minus three top players--will begin its playoff battle for the Eastern League crown and NCAA tournament berth today in a three-way round-robin competition at West Point...
...months later that has changed to Carter 2 to 1 over Kennedy. Then, in New York and Connecticut, Kennedy beats Carter. The President's management of the American hostage situation in Iran was at first a major plus in his approval ratings; then it became a minus. Once again the public opinion polls are cited, and "volatility" is said to be the explanation. But once again the catch phrase is misleading...
...first phone survey was of 1,221 voters; the second of 917. The sampling error is plus or minus 3% for each survey; the error factor in comparing results with those of earlier surveys is plus or minus...