Word: poll
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...birch, which, when "laid on by a chief warder who knew his business, not only gave them a taste of something unpleasant, but led to considerable ridicule." Tory Lord Chancellor Simonds protested that Judge Goddard's proposal "would put the clock back 100 years." A newspaper poll of M.P.s showed opinion dividing on party lines: Conservatives for the birch; Labor against...
...emphasize the split between the white shoe--"shoe" for short--and the black shoe elements. The houses are open to non-members just enough to let them grow envious over the facilities and opportunities enjoyed by the fortunate 25 percent. It is not surprising that a Yale Banner poll found that one-third of those not in fraternities would like to join if they had the background or the money...
...poll to gather Radcliffe opinion on proposed plans to make the Field House a substitute for "The Corner" will be taken this week, according to a motion passed by Radcliffe's Student Council yesterday...
...television set for the Field House is also being considered. This will be submitted as a question in the poll, which Nancy Barrow '53, Student Government President, hopes will be tabulated by Thanksgiving...
...most striking thing the College poll shows, according to Rossi, was that those students who were best informed on world events and who were boosting most ardently our present foreign policy were also the most reluctant to help it personally through military service. Harvard came out on top in "political knowledge"--tested by a series of questions on current affairs. A healthy majority supported the war in Korea as a necessary action. But a good deal fewer were willing to back up their sentiments by toting a rifle...