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Despite his prediction of the "New Jerusalem," Swedenborg died a Lutheran, and was buried according to the rites of the Swedish church. In 1784, his followers organized a society to propagate his teachings, which have influenced such disparate figures as Balzac, Emerson, Lincoln, and Helen Keller. Today there are more...
Rarely have the pollsters shown to worse effect. Take the case of Lou Harris, who, after missing by a total of 13 points in his prediction that Henry Cabot Lodge would beat Rockefeller in Oregon's May 15 primary, announced that Rocky led Goldwater by 57% to 43% in...
Perhaps the most accurate prediction was made by Shastri's 85-year-old uncle, Ram Pershad. Gazing at his newly eminent nephew, Ram Pershad said, "Yes, he is now Prime Minister, and now he has just created a thousand enemies."
His early-morning prediction should raise his wetting streak to two days. Things were looking relatively bright for the Classmates until about 8 p.m. yesterday. During the day, less than a tenth of an inch of rain had fallen in the Boston area. Drought conditions still prevailed, the Weather Bureau...
Today the trick is to be first with an authoritative prediction of the result. CBS was first by 37 minutes in announcing Henry Cabot Lodge's New Hampshire victory at 7:18 p.m., only 18 minutes after the polls closed. NBC came back strong, was first in Illinois by...