Word: survey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...toted along a satchel of papers to Vail. Ford was acutely conscious of some press complaints that he should not be schussing downhill while the nation's economy was slipping in the same direction. He also received unseasonal greetings in the form of the latest Gallup poll. The survey reported that because of the economy, only 42% of the American people approved of the way he was handling his job-the lowest rating he has received since taking office...
...world's standout performance, according to IPI, was the role played by the U.S. press in the Watergate scandal. "The U.S. press," the survey concludes, "showed the world that the United States is a democracy conscious of its values and ready to defend them...
...largest bullion dealer (1974 sales: about $2 billion). Taken in early November, the poll showed 18% of 1,557 adults felt they were at least "fairly likely" to buy bullion when it became legal. Projected nationwide, that 18% would translate into 12 million potential customers. Yet the survey found that few of those interested in buying gold stood ready to sell their stocks or gut their savings to invest in the metal. Indeed, 60% of the potential buyers said they would purchase under $500 worth initially. But all the purchases, say Mocatta officials, could total a $4 billion market...
...Massachusetts survey revealed that thousands of school-age children in Boston were not enrolled in the city's public or private schools. Spurred by that report, the Washington-based Children's Defense Fund, a privately financed nonprofit agency, decided to conduct a national survey. After an analysis of 1970 census data and 6,500 personal interviews in nine states, the C.D.F. has now issued its own shocking statistic: some 2 million U.S. children from age seven to 17 are not enrolled in school...
...since it was established 14 years ago had the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development issued such a gloomy forecast. Released last week, its semiannual economic survey predicted more unemployment and more stagflation for almost all of the industrial countries throughout 1975. And the U.S., said the survey, is and will remain the "most depressed" of all the major countries...