Word: opinion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nonetheless, as the campaign entered its final week, most polls showed that the Conservatives' lead over Prime Minister James Callaghan's Labor Party had dropped from 20% or more to less than 6%. At week's end yet another poll by Market and Opinion Research International (MORI) indicated that the Tory margin had shrunk to a bare 3%; a 6% lead might translate into a majority of 30 seats or more, but the MORI sampling of voters suggested that this Thursday's election had become too close to call. Beyond that, other polls indicated that Callaghan...
Decontrol could lead some oil companies to drill merely for the sake of appearances. Opinion among Exxon's top management was divided on whether to invest what eventually became $460 million last year in a so-far futile search for oil in the Baltimore Canyon area of the Atlantic. Though preliminary seismic studies were not encouraging, the company went ahead anyway. The decision was made partly on the grounds that it could not be seen as declining to explore in an area so close to the petroleum-hungry Northeast...
...statement announcing Goldstein's resignation, Giamatti said, "differences of opinion, in my opinion, have been growing for a period of months," Goldstein became provost in March...
...been said that Harvard is only a tiny investor. But in the sphere of public opinion. Harvard is a whale, capable of generating tremendous currents for change. Harvard is a leader in curricular reform, Harvard is a leader in investment policies. A whale trying to act like an ostrich looks silly at best, and at worst, evasive. And that is the lesson we are teaching our students...
...consequences. I would have thought that in this case. Harvard ought to act on the merits of the case, without fear of retaliation. I would have thought that academic freedom would mean that the University would throw its considerable weight as an investor, as a leader of public opinion, into the field against apartheid. That is the lesson I would like to give my students...