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Word: poll (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Democrats was united in support of Adlai E. Stevenson in a poll of 826 Law School students yesterday, but Republicans split badly among six candidates. The Presidential preference survey, conducted by the Law School Young Democratic Club, assumed that President Eisenhower would not seek reelections...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law School Chooses Stevenson in Survey | 12/1/1955 | See Source »

...Students for Eisenhower" organization, whose sole function will be to poll student opinion concerning the President, will begin a membership campaign in four Houses and the Union today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eisenhower Backers Begin Drive Tonight | 11/30/1955 | See Source »

...named no Ivy players to any of its first three all-American teams, but Meigs and Tarasovic received honorable mention. The selections are based on a nation-wide poll of sportswriters and broadcasters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ivy League, UP Select Meigs for 2 All-Star Teams | 11/29/1955 | See Source »

...Without Horns. Yet, despite all the Occupation's well-meant effort to liberate Japanese women, 70% of Japanese marriages are still arranged by parents, with no say-so left to the bride herself. A recent poll of eligible bachelors reveals that most of them rate "obedience" high in a prospective wife's virtues, and greybeards still happily recall the days when every Japanese bride was given a sword on her wedding to remind her that death was preferable to desertion. In the rural districts, where from time immemorial wives have been the best beasts of burden, today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: MacArthur Marriages | 11/28/1955 | See Source »

...poll asked students to rate the dining halls' main courses in order of preference. William A. Heamon, Manager of the College Dining Halls, had agreed to follow the poll's recommendations wherever possible by scheduling popular meals more often and discontinuing others...

Author: By Stephen R. Barnett, | Title: Student Council's Food Committee Stalls in Tabulation of House Poll | 11/26/1955 | See Source »

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