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...other lesson of the polling season was that the experts have by no means perfected the questions or the techniques that enable them to predict how undecided or unhappy voters will go on Election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Where the Polls Went Wrong | 12/1/1980 | See Source »

They do not predict the future." Agrees Marquette University Sociologist Wayne Youngquist: "The media want the pollsters to be seers. We want them to do more than they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Where the Polls Went Wrong | 12/1/1980 | See Source »

...predict which song from Fear of Music, the last Talking Heads album, best indicated where the group was going, I would have suggested "Life During Wartime," a periodic dance tune that is easily the biggest hit they've had (getting more play than "Psycho Killer" from the Talking Heads: '77 album). An entire album like that probably would have broken them into the big time. But art-rock groups do not always seek mainstream acceptance. The Talking Heads have instead followed the path started by "I Zimbra," a seemingly one-shot affair that got heavy play on disco stations because...

Author: By Martin B. Schwimmer, | Title: Beating Heads | 11/26/1980 | See Source »

...what he didn't count on was the play of a few newcomers. These guys weren't freshmen, so Ford might have been able to predict their contribution to the team. "John Lyons, Richard Berkman, Lance Ayrault, and Leighton Welch gave the program a zing, they were very gung ho. That in itself was a surprise. But I didn't think those four would make the step up and do so well," Ford said. Even off the field it was apparent that they were live wires...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Change for the Better | 11/26/1980 | See Source »

Andrew Brown, Princeton's dean of student affairs declined yesterday to predict the outcome of faculty and administration review of the proposal, but said the faculty "may be hesitant to accept this method of funding...

Author: By Stacey L. Mandelbaum, | Title: Research, Lobbying Group Endorsed By Princeton Students | 11/21/1980 | See Source »

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