Word: snyders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Carl Snyder is regarded by his friends and admirers as one of the world's wisest students of political and social phenomena, by his critics as an opinionated old windbag. He regards himself as a social scientist who brings scientific method to political prophecy and economic analysis. Onetime Federal Reserve Bank statistician, onetime president of the American Statistical Association, he is now retired to write about his findings (latest book...
Statistician Snyder has made an analysis of political trends in the 48 States. He has charted the recent ups & downs of Democratic and Republican straw-polling. Then by mathematical means - the "calculus of probability" and the principles of momentum and inertia - he calculates the shape of the trend curves as they reach into the future. By noting the height of the curve at a given future time, say next November, he arrives at the voting sentiment which he believes will then exist...
...Snyder said his calculations showed the Republican Presidential nominee would win the November election by about 100 electoral votes. Not counting four doubtful States, his tabulation disclosed 297 Electoral votes for the Republicans, 197 for the Democrats. As "probably Republican" (54% or more of the two-party vote) he listed Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming...
...Freshmen chosen are Carl Seligman and Frank Snyder, who have been stroke and seven most of the season in the Yardling J.V. boat; the rest of the eight will be composed of third Varsity men who have been moved down in the shell to accomodate the newcomers...
With Carl Seligman at stroke and Frank Snyder at seven, the only ones who have survived the shakeup, the boat as it went out yesterday has a long way to go to get in racing form. The contest will be close all down the course, and unless the Yardling eight can get together, the Engineers have a good chance of winning their first race over the Crimson this season...