Word: prediction
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Johnson declined to predict the chances of an amendment in the rules this year, although he admitted the decentralization of University Hall may have added a new factor...
...smaller electronic brain. Called Monrobot, it will also recall the past and help predict the outcome of the current election at the earliest possible hour. Says ABC's News Director John Madigan, professing a disdain for such electronic gimmicks: "We'll report our results through Elmer Davis, John Daly, Walter Winchell, Drew Pearson-and about 20 other human brains...
...spokesman for the petitioners said he cannot predict his group's strength, since the petition only required the support of 10 percent of union members. He refused to comment on whether he expected a union deficit...
Claiming that he could not predict the extent of the change in policy, Bender did not comment on exactly what the changes will be. Generally, he said that his office will try a less formal, less fearsome approach to applicants, with emphasis on reaching many more graduating high school and prep school...
Roper, who had quit polling two months before the election in 1948, did not try to predict the New Hampshire outcome. This year, in addition to reporting percentages, he is also trying to determine the issues or the qualities in a candidate which cause a voter to make up his mind. Said Roper: "We're not going to be just a fever thermometer." In Roper's poll this week, he found that only 27% are sure voters for Ike, only 23% sure for Stevenson. "The other 50% are either finding it pretty tough to make up their minds...