Word: orren
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Peter H. Lemieux '71, a lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology who conducted the poll for the Globe with Professor Gary R. Orren of the Kennedy School, said the optimism of the white community can be attributed to the fact that the whites polled tend to live in isolated communities and do not have "day--to--day" experience with racial questions...
Debate supporters generally reply in effect: If you think debates are bad, just try imagining what electronic-era campaigns would be like without them. "Most Americans," says Harvard Political Scientist Gary Orren, "would get their political information from two sources: either from the Pepsi-Cola-like ads that the candidates put out-and boy, they're getting good at it!-or through little snippets that are no longer than 1 min. 20 sec. on the nightly TV news." For all their artificiality, the debates offer voters a rare chance to see the candidates in a situation they...
...Gary R. Orren, associate professor of public policy at the Kennedy School, said that despite a victory that dwarfed McGovern's 1972 showing. "It will be very difficult--but not impossible--for Hart to win the nomination...
...Orren said Hart has "not received his lumps yet," adding that the Coloradan's late support for a nuclear freeze may be brought up by critics...
...many democratic forums, debates and road shows have resulted in a moderate amount of exposure for each candidate, Orren says. "I think that the media coverage has been rather evenhanded," he adds. "There's no evidence that Mondale is getting excessive coverage. The voters know who the candidates...