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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nevertheless, even on the college level, some divergences between the religious attitudes of men and women emerge. In the CRIMSON's poll of 310 undergraduates on religious and political questions, some small but perceptible differences between Harvard and Radcliffe appeared...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: Radcliffe Links Family to Religious Interests | 6/11/1959 | See Source »

Radcliffe girls, according to the poll, gave far greater credence to the value of prayer. While 41 per cent of Radcliffe students believing in God perform daily devotions, only 23 per cent of Harvard believers do so. Correspondingly, only 18 per cent of these Radcliffe girls never pray, while 33 per cent of Harvard men who believe in some "divine presence" never pray...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: Radcliffe Links Family to Religious Interests | 6/11/1959 | See Source »

Findings of the features are based on interviews with local religious leaders and the results of a random-sample poll (text on pages S-7 and S-8) distributed to 400 Harvard and Radcliffe undergraduates. Three hundred and ten polls were returned, a response of 78 per cent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Religion and Politics at Harvard | 6/11/1959 | See Source »

Last week Castro also: -¶ Heard 700 tobacco farmers vow that they were ready "to be led before firing squads" rather than comply with Castro's confiscatory land reform (TIME, June 1). ¶ Waited the results of a "public-opinion poll" that will purport to show what the U.S. thinks of Castro. The poll is the first project of Bernard Relin & Associates Inc., a U.S. public-relations agency hired by Cuba in April for $72,000 a year. ¶ Learned that ex-Dictator Fulgencio Batista held $45,879,245 worth of stock in Cuban and foreign industries, about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Red Setback | 6/8/1959 | See Source »

...Smith & Ows Poll. In the T.R. tradition, Ted Roosevelt leaped into postwar politics and made a success at it. He was elected and re-elected to the New York state assembly, wife Eleanor making 26 speeches on his behalf. He also helped found the American Legion. Like T.R., he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy-but where T.R. had used the job at century's turn to build up the fleet, Ted, in normalcy 1921-24, had to preside over disarmament negotiations. And when, in 1924, Ted put on a 15-speech -a-day campaign with the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: In T.R.'s Footsteps | 6/8/1959 | See Source »

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