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...more for curiosity than anything else," said amateur pollster Heather S. Cross '90. But their survey of between 150 and 200 freshmen did help them pick a house, Cross said. "We saw from the survey alone that there were too many people putting down Dunster for us to get in," said Cross, who had number 338. She said she and her roommates finally listed Adams as their first-choice house...
...definitely worth it," said Larissa MacFarquahar '90, another pollster. "Otherwise we would have been a lot more conservative [with our house choices...
...President met with his close friend Paul Laxalt, former Senator from Nevada. Laxalt himself had been considered, but he is still mulling a run for the presidency in 1988, and told Reagan he was not available; instead he recommended Baker. Two other key advisers, Attorney General Edwin Meese and Pollster Richard Wirthlin, agreed with the suggestion. Reagan phoned Baker that afternoon. Less than 24 hours later, Baker arrived at the White House. "We sneaked him in," chortled a presidential aide. "Not a $ soul knew." After conferring with both the President and the First Lady, Baker...
...survey released last month by Arizona Pollster Earl de Berge, 44% rated Mecham's performance as "poor" or "very poor." Mecham professes to be unconcerned about criticism, but he may find it harder to brush off Ed Buck. A Phoenix businessman, Buck launched a recall campaign in January and distributed more than 25,000 MECHAM FOR EX-GOVERNOR bumper stickers. "He is a polarizing, divisive leader," Buck contends. Under state law, Buck must wait four more months before starting to collect the 216,746 signatures necessary to force a re-election. "I don't know who is paying him," Mecham...
...personal and political heartbeat of the Reagan presidency is now in the hands of five people besides the President himself: his wife Nancy, Chief of Staff Don Regan and his deputy Dennis Thomas, the new press spokesman Marlin Fitzwater and Pollster Richard Wirthlin. They regulate Reagan's energies, shape his moods, provide his information, schedule his forays beyond the comforting tranquillity of the Oval Office. They are not a formal body. Mostly they cluster in twos or threes, but they are always linked minute by minute through the phones. It is a singular power mechanism, twisted by its own internal...