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...impression that Mondale's campaign was nearing its last hurrah was reinforced by public opinion polls taken after the second presidential debate. A Washington Post/ ABC survey showed Reagan's lead steady at twelve points. The New York Times/ CBS poll put Reagan ahead by 17 points, a gain of 3%. A TIME/ Yankelovich poll showed Mondale trailing by a whopping 24 points, 54% to 30% (see following story). In London, the U.S. presidential race is considered so foregone that bookmakers refuse to take bets...
...familiar, Worth claims, because he wrote them. Last week in Los Angeles federal court Worth slapped the Canadian creators of the game with a $300 million lawsuit, charging copyright infringement. A former air-traffic controller, Worth is the author of nine books on trivia and currently writes for the ABC quiz show Trivia Trap...
...minutes?a panel of debating experts assembled by the Associated Press had him ahead 187 to 168, out of a maximum of 210 points, in such qualities as reasoning, evidence and organization?but his underdog status demanded a knockout, and that he did not get. A quick ABC News survey of 695 viewers (with a possible sampling error of five points either way) showed Reagan a narrow winner: 39% to 36%, with 25% seeing it as a tie. The debate had virtually no impact on candidate preference: each man gained a single point, with Reagan getting...
Denver Mayor Federico Peña had officially declared it "Orange Monday" in honor of the Denver Broncos' team colors. With ABC Monday Night Football scheduled to show the Broncos taking on the visiting Green Bay Packers and with gorgeous Indian-summer weather prevailing throughout the Rockies, civic boosters hoped the national exposure would lure conventioneers, new business, tourists and-who knows?-maybe even a long-awaited major league baseball franchise for Colorado...
Evans says he has submitted his "King Trivia" concept to ABC and NBC as a television game show...