Word: poll
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stood ready to rush surplus agricultural commodities to the blizzard-stricken areas. Presumably, too, he was still thinking toward a decision on the second term issue. But as the week rolled on politicians and newsmen alike were becoming convinced that the decision was a foregone conclusion. A poll of White House correspondents who had made the trip to Georgia showed that 16 out of 20 believed that Ike would run. (Six weeks ago, at Key West, eleven out of 14 thought that he would not run.) In Washington, House Minority Leader Joe Martin was ready...
Last week the Gallup poll announced a remarkable answer to that question. Pitting Eisenhower against Stevenson in 13 Southern states,* Gallup found that 56% like Ike. 40% are for Stevenson and 4% are undecided. Eisenhower's percentage was a big gain over his vote in 1952. It was also well above the biggest popular vote that a G.O.P. candidate for President ever got in the South: Herbert Hoover's 52% over Al Smith...
Despite a poll showing that 75 of 77 students in Philosophy 3 wanted to discuss the controversial text "Morals and Medicine," Hiram J. McLendon, assistant professor of Philosophy, remained undecided last night on the possibility of lifting his earlier...
...conceded that a CRIMSON poll taken before class yesterday had shown "groundless" the fears of embarrassing Radcliffe students by discussing in sections the chapters on contraception, artificial insemination, and sterilization. However, he wanted to discuss the question of reversing the previous policy with the section men before announcing a final decision...
Eager young men with practiced smiles and long pencils will sit at dining hall entrances today, conducting a poll on the merits and feasability of a midsemester vacation. Run by student council, the vote is an attempt to show the administration that the proposed between-term break is not only needed, but actively wanted...