Word: unless
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Redder-faced still was FORTUNE'S Pollster Elmo Roper. He had predicted a Dewey landslide comparable only to Roosevelt's victory over Landon. He was so sure of it that, on Sept. 9, he said he would report no more figures unless there was a significant change. On election eve, he had found none, said: "I stand by my prediction. Mr. Dewey is in." But Roper, who had predicted the three previous presidential elections within .2 to 1.2% of accuracy, had no alibis. Said he: "How did we go wrong? I frankly do not know...
...prominent Boston society woman" has refused to buy tickets for the Dramatic Club's forthcoming production of "Amphitryon 38" unless certain sexy lines, which she considers too risque for her two daughters and herself, are deleted...
...hundred-sixty-six votes are needed for election. If no candidate gets this, the election will go to the newly elected House of Representatives, unless the Thurmond electors should switch their allegiance. The House would then choose among Truman, Dewey, and Thurmond, with the states voting as a unit and casting one vote apiece...
...government man, and the FBI came around and found he had a short wave radio and was sending to the Nazis. That's all." A friend urged: "Go on, Gus, tell the whole story." Gus was firm: "We shouldn't say bad things about people unless we have...
Aneurin ("Nye") Bevan, Britain's Health Minister, was a bit embarrassed last week by the public's enthusiasm for government-financed doctoring. He announced: "It seems that an extraordinary proportion of the population has bad sight . . . The health service will fail unless the people use it intelligently, sparingly and prudently...