Word: survey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...jump at the chance to work for Carter, mulling over the late June offer for five or six days. He had to drop his writing projects--a piece for The New Yorker about the military and a book for Random House about class divisions in the United States--and survey friends to see whether he would have difficulty crossing back into journalism afterwards. And he studied the charges of Robert Shrum, an ex-McGovern speechwriter who left his position with Carter with a blast about the Georgian's alleged two-facedness. After three months working for Carter, Fallows has concluded...
Except for last spring, when John Finley's survey of the Greek classics had the highest enrollment of any course in the University, Economics 10, "Principles of Economics," has led the College list for the last three years. This year is no different. Although it is about 70 students smaller this year than last, Ec 10 has pulled in more than 200 more students than the next largest course...
...feminism that entirely excludes men from studying issues concerning women's experiences insures that men will never understand the feminist perspective, nor respect women's studies. Some of the women now in the course say that only by limiting the seminar to women could it advance beyond the general survey level of most women's studies courses at Harvard, an argument that expresses their frustration with Harvard's attitude toward women's studies...
...this election, I think this week may very well have been just that." Carter has lately seemed more at ease after revising his scheduling system so that he works shorter hours and suffers less from fatigue. He has also become more forceful on the stump. According to a survey by TIME correspondents, Carter already holds a comfortable lead in electoral votes, with 273 v. Ford...
...statisticians decided to establish the poverty line for individuals and families simply by multiplying what it cost them to eat for a year by three. Why three? Because a 1955 survey of food spending habits showed that the average U.S. family spent about $1 of every $3 of income on food. Over the years, various refinements have been made in the system, most notably a linking of the poverty figures to all of the components in the Consumer Price Index, including fuel and clothing as well as food. Distinctions are also made for price differences in various parts...