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Perhaps most dramatic has been the plunge in Jimmy Carter's support. The Gallup poll showed him dropping from 62% (and a 33-point lead) in late July to 48% (a six-point margin) as of last week. Harris had him at 66% (a lead of 39 points) in July, which fell to 47% and a five-point edge last week. Yankelovich, who conducts opinion soundings for TIME, never gave Carter more than 48% and a ten-point lead, and right after the first debate had him running dead even with Gerald Ford...
...Kansas City. Gallup showed Ford trailing Jimmy Carter by only 39% to 49%; in July, after the Democratic revival meeting in Manhattan, Gallup had Ford behind by a dismal 29% to 62%. Opinion Research Corp. put Carter nine points up. TIME'S own poll gave Carter only a six-point edge...
Penn was clasping a six-point edge when Harvard's Bill Carey was fouled on a bungled layup. Carey's second attempt from the line misfired, but Banks netted the rebound to make...
UMass eked out decisions in the 150 and 158-pound classes but Bruce Johnson swung the tide back to Harvard by rolling his opponent for a quick six-point...
Against any other team, this would be cause to throw in the towel, but Brown has had a history of giving away close games in the past. This winter alone, the Bruins had lost six games by five points or less, including one ridiculous contest where they blew a six-point advantage to Memphis State in the last minute...