Word: presse
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Washington anticipates trouble from Hanoi, particularly over nonrecognition of the N.F.L. But as one official put it, the U.S. does not expect the North Vietnamese to press the matter to the point of "diplomatic divorce...
...three forward John Tolmie led the Middies with 33 points, 25 of them in the second half and a large chunk of the 25 in the game's closing seconds as Harvard's desperation press opened up layups for the Navy...
Harvard coach Bob Harrison then tried a half-court zone press, but the Midshipmen kept their poise, piercing the zone for easy and game-clinching shots...
...First Amendment says, "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or of the right of the people to peaceably assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances...
There have also been instances of politicians commissioning private polls of limited samples and leaking the results to the press as if it were a national poll. By adjusting the sample it is, of course, possible to obtain any desired results. In recent campaigns, major candidates have frequently commissioned polls on certain issues, using the data to mold a popular campaign image of themselves. This sort of molding is, obviously, what politicians have always done; but it may not be in the interest of better leadership that they have an instrument as fine as the polls to help them...