Word: survey
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Token Reform. Did the change happen? Not at all, according to a comprehensive survey being released this week by Boston University's Center for Criminal Justice. The five-volume report, product of an 18-month study of nine sample cities, concludes: "Compliance has generally been token in nature," reform "has been chaotic and uneven at best," and the assurance of legal representation remains "an empty right for many defendants...
...quick survey of this grouping of "declasse intellectuals" would include Karl Marx, the Ph.D. who couldn't find the much-sought-after teaching post; Fidel Castro, the lawyer; Che Guevara, the medical doctor; and Salvadore Allende, the medical doctor...
...together. The result was clear-cut anger and blame. They zeroed in on the Nixon-related Republicans, not conservative Democrats or liberal Republicans." In large measure, the reaction sprang from the electorate's strong trend toward populism and moral indignation, as limned in TIME Soundings, the quarterly survey conducted by Yankelovich's firm (TIME...
...survey found a miasma of fear and confusion over inflation. Some 80% now report daily concern about high food prices (up 9 points since May), 27% worry a lot about losing their jobs (up 12 points), and 54% are very apprehensive that their savings will be wiped out by inflation (up 13 points). Looking ahead, 86% anticipate that prices will continue to rise; 73% expect a further increase in unemployment...
...Americans want the Watergate cover-up trial to go through; indeed, 67% would oppose a presidential pardon of the defendants now. But people are not altogether at ease about the trial. The survey found that 46% believe that the defendants cannot get a fair trial at the present time, though 41% disagree...