Word: polls
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Executives say they are spending too much valuable time waiting on the taxiway. In a poll of 461 members of the Executive Committee, a group of presidents and chief executives, 36% said they have lost job efficiency because of air-travel delays. To be sure of arriving on time at a meeting in another city, many business travelers take the precaution of flying the night before their appointment, saddling their company with the additional cost of a hotel room...
...poll taken for TIME by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman last week, the Vice President had a modest five-point advantage among those likely to vote; other new samplings showed the race even closer. More significant, TIME's survey indicated why voters have refused to go steady with either suitor. Though both candidates secured their nominations months ago, many Americans still feel they know too little about what kind of President either would be. When asked if they knew "a lot of things, some things or not much at all" on that critical subject, exactly half the voters responded "not much" concerning...
...early August, for instance, after Reagan called him an "invalid" while Republicans floated a rumor that Dukakis had once sought psychological counseling. Reagan retracted his remark, and the gossip proved unfounded, but it left a scar. Bush planted what might be a more durable brand; in TIME's poll, 40% of likely voters agreed with the statement that Dukakis is "too liberal." A successful Republican convention, during which Bush managed to sever the umbilical cord binding him to Reagan, put the race on an even footing. Even more remarkable, Bush managed his recovery, despite the controversy surrounding his choice...
DESCRIPTION: Poll readings from March, April and August, 1988 showing percentage of voters who have unfavorable impression of George Bush and Michael Dukakis...
CAPTION: TIME'S POLL...