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Actually, a random sampling of opinion "directly from the voters" is highly untrustworthy. Accurate results can be obtained only by applying an elaborate series of checks and balances concerning types of voters, voting habits, etc. His polls, explained Dr. Gallup, depend on "at least twelve important adjustments for their accuracy." In this complex mathematical calculation, involving such unknown quantities as election-day weather, the only sin of which Pollster Gallup appeared guilty was that he may have used his Xs to bring down Roosevelt's vote and failed to recognize other X factors which would bring it up again...
...disruption of U.S. supply, these advances alone constituted a splitting of the front. But, if held, they did not constitute a serious blow to the Americans' ability to fight this week's big battles-on the hard-held bulges where decision might depend...
...office to test the new businesslike effectiveness. Stettinius was cordial, as always. He was also mum as a clam. The correspondents probed and pounced, trying one approach after another, but to no avail. The New Dealing New York Post's William O. Player asked: "Does the U.S. attitude depend on Churchill?" Replied Ed Stettinius: "No comment." To all questions, he returned the same answer. Finally, the Chicago Sun's exasperated Tom Reynolds remarked tartly: "It seems to be possible to be more frank in London." Once again, Stettinius purred an amiable "No comment...
...happens-no hovel is safe from it, no prince may depend upon it, the vastest intelligence cannot bring it about."-James A. McN. Whistler...
...seems to have some curious authority over her genteel relatives; an overseer (Elisha Cook Jr.), who starts courting her with all the cozy intimacy of a vampire bat; and a local physician (Franchot Tone) who, somewhat to the detriment of the picture, is obviously a man she can depend...