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...motorcycle cop once gave Sweater Designer Pamela Colin a personal escort as she wove through dense traffic with boxes of sweaters strapped to her baggage rack. George Franklin Jr., executive director of the nonpartisan Council on Foreign Relations, even pedals in dinner clothes. And Textile Designer George Roper takes his bike up in the elevator of his office building...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The City: The Escape Machine | 8/11/1961 | See Source »

...commenting on the performance of public-opinion polls in the election, TIME (Nov. 21) said: "Only Veteran Elmo Roper, who reported on election eve that Nixon looked to squeeze ahead by two percentage points, chose the wrong winner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 19, 1960 | 12/19/1960 | See Source »

...ELMO ROPER New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 19, 1960 | 12/19/1960 | See Source »

...election eve, Pollster Roper noted that it was "the most volatile elec tion we have ever measured," gave as his poll results: Nixon 49%, Kennedy 47%, still undecided 4%. Roper added that the undecideds still made it possible for the lead to change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 19, 1960 | 12/19/1960 | See Source »

...percentage point on the correct popular vote. John F. Kraft, a newcomer among the major pollsters, came within three points of the actual spread. The Princeton Research Service predicted a 52-48 percentage score in Kennedy's favor, although the final count was 50.2%-49.8%. Only Veteran Elmo Roper, who reported on election eve that Nixon looked to squeeze ahead by two percentage points, chose the wrong winner; yet even Roper claimed to "feel wonderful," because all such samplings allow themselves a 4% cushion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Final Returns | 11/21/1960 | See Source »

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