Word: laboredness
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While published polls get all the attention (giving the pollsters entree to far more lucrative market research), private pollsters work for candidates much as augurs labored for Caesar. No longer sure of his personal instincts, the modern politician has upgraded the pollster from the rank of technician to that of...
Although Robert Kennedy chafed at the Senate's rituals and pace, he was able to use his new position effectively to hew a niche of his own. He traveled widely, spoke incessantly, and became increasingly critical of the Administration. Addressing himself to issues ranging from auto safety to social justice...
Mrs. Vel Phillips, 44, a slight Negro alderman who has labored for six years for council action to break down segregated housing. Last week, with the aid of seven men newly elected to the 19-member council, Mrs. Phillips pushed through a law even stiffer than the new federal statute...
But the problem goes on. Though one-third of U.S. sewage systems are below health standards, improving them may also kill lakes. The problem is that treated sewage contains nitrate and phosphate, fertilizing substances widely used in agriculture that make things worse in overfertilized lakes. Though nitrate is normally harmless...
If anyone hasn't heard of The Pajama Game--like he's been simmering in a bubble bath since Douglas MacArthur flew home--it should be noted that, by virtue of its terribly attractive songs and its breathtakingly blemishless book, the show ranks rather high in its chosen category. For...