Word: straw
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...look to criminal law to shore up weakened social supports see the insanity defense as a call to battle." The same kind of Administration thinking that hoped to tamper with the exclusionary rule has allowed the Justice Department to exploit the burst of media attention and attack a straw...
With colorful sets and costumes, the first act opens on a magnificent set of Madame Lenaux' Louisiana farm. The women are dressed in calico and straw hats, and the men are milling about, reveling in the sun and the sugar-cane harvest...
...most recent measure of Harvard undergraduate opinion, a dining hall straw poll conducted last week by the Institute of Polities, showed a Mondale lead over Reagan virtually identical to Harvard results in the Ivy survey...
...case in the straw poll, the survey among Ivy League students showed a slight "gender gap," with females polled saying they will vote for Mondale in higher proportions than males...
Based on its experience with the straw poll, the Student Advisory Committee plans to write a recommendation for students interested in polling Harvard in the future...