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Word: polls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Those kinds of complaints, fair or not, gave powerful impetus to Proposition 13. Whether Californians will regret their protest remains to be seen. Curiously, a Los Angeles Times poll after the balloting showed that 70% of those who supported 13 thought they would get by without any reduction in services. Many were interested simply in sending the government a message. The poll also showed that 22% felt the government provided too many unnecessary services. When asked which services they would be most willing to see cut, 69% said welfare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sound and Fury over Taxes | 6/19/1978 | See Source »

...form, the Core has arrived with a minimum of student input. It is strangely presumptuous--almost insulting--to ask undergraduates to buy the idea that a small number of Faculty members know enough about Harvard's problems to be able to suggest a replacement for Gen Ed. A Crimson poll in March revealed that 65 per cent of the undergraduate body was opposed to the Core, yet that important opinion was ignored and the feeble attempts at organized resistance were too little and far too late...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Against The Core | 6/8/1978 | See Source »

...lecture courses. Others objected to the alleged lack of student consultation, maintaining that the students on CUE and ERG were not representative of the entire student body. More than 2500 undergraduates signed a petition asking for a delay of the Faculty vote on the Core plan, and a Crimson poll showed that almost 65 per cent of the College's student body opposed the proposal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: How to make friends and influence people, and get a lot of national media attention while you're at it | 6/8/1978 | See Source »

Quincy House was the most popular House in this year's freshman housing poll, surpassing last year's favorite, Leverett. The freshman also displayed a marked distaste for concrete, ranking Mather House last among the River Houses, ahead of only perennial tailhangers North and South...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Must be all those pinball machines | 6/8/1978 | See Source »

Brett attributes this decline to several things, including women's reluctance to answer a poll distributed only...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Radcliffe Survey Reveals More Alumnae Working, Delaying Graduate Studies | 6/6/1978 | See Source »

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