Word: opinionating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Most recent opinion polls showed Mondale trailing Reagan in Massachusetts, and his strong finish came as something of a surprise...
...impression that Mondale's campaign was nearing its last hurrah was reinforced by public opinion polls taken after the second presidential debate. A Washington Post/ ABC survey showed Reagan's lead steady at twelve points. The New York Times/ CBS poll put Reagan ahead by 17 points, a gain of 3%. A TIME/ Yankelovich poll showed Mondale trailing by a whopping 24 points, 54% to 30% (see following story). In London, the U.S. presidential race is considered so foregone that bookmakers refuse to take bets...
...course, Jackson still heads straight for the spotlight when it is available. Against the opinion of some advisers, he was host of NBC's Saturday Night Live. He brought along his own censor, Harvard Psychiatry Professor Alvin Poussaint, to vet the scripts; Jackson excised at least one joke from a funny monologue about people who are unwelcome to join his Rainbow Coalition. (The rejected line: that "really, really, really poor people" were not included...
...board showed itself to be unswerving, but much of its hard work could yet be overturned in the courts. Could the opposition claim a triumph? In part. It had managed to force the temporary departure of Ver, but the general's guilt was still a matter of divided opinion. Would Marcos eventually be forced to democratize the system of personal authority and privilege that he has set so firmly in place? Perhaps. Though the board certainly had delivered the Marcos regime a stinging rebuke, the President had shown no signs of losing power-or even of losing much political...
...profit of $40 million for the first nine months of 1984. He recognizes the paper's complex and imperfect character. "I want to nourish the traditions of individuality and crusading," he says, "but I may put greater emphasis on other flags we salute, such as consistency and keeping opinion out of the news columns." Adds Winship modestly: "Mike may be better at keeping the paper steady than...