Word: opinionator
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Although some venturesome bookies rate the Conservatives as 6-to-4 favorites, most opinion polls show the two parties running virtually neck-and-neck; this is a triumph of sorts for Labor, which two years ago was trailing by 22 points. A key question for the government, however, is the future electoral fate of the faltering Liberal Party, whose 13 M.P.'s provided the margin of victory for Labor on numerous key votes in the 635-seat Commons. Last week the Liberals were dealt a staggering blow outside Parliament (see following story), which made their balloting prospects look even...
...supported the tax credit plan if it is limited to families with incomes under $25,000. Twenty per cent favored giving the $1.5 billion directly to colleges to help them keep tuition costs down, while 16 per cent supported none of the plans, and 7 per cent had no opinion...
...disagree with your opinion that a tough budget-cutting policy will arouse furious opposition. So do many of my friends. We are all prepared to bite the bullet...
...Washington's downtown K Street into a virtual hall of lobbies. New office buildings springing up west of the White House along Pennsylvania Avenue fill up with lobbyists as soon as the painters walk out. It is estimated that lobbyists now spend $1 billion a year to influence Washington opinion, plus another $1 billion to orchestrate public opinion across the nation...
...never-ending conflict between continent and island, the basic problem seemed to be just that: they cannot. After nearly a decade, British public opinion still has failed to swing behind the Common Market; moreover, both Tories and Laborites are still internally divided on the question. With a general election looming in October, even pro-European politicians in Britain were not anxious to promote an unpopular cause. All they had to do was look at the polls. The most recent one showed that a majority of Britons?48% to 43%?favor quitting the Common Market altogether...