Word: michelson
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...since the days of shrewd publicity chief Charlie Michelson have the Democratic party bosses pulled anything really neat out of the political hat. But last week they showed signs of perking...
...came that dreadful day when the ether was done to death. Two U.S. physicists, Albert A. Michelson and E. W. Morley, measured the speed of light simultaneously in two directions at right angles to one another. The speeds were expected to differ slightly because of "ether drift" past the earth. They turned out to be exactly the same, proving conclusively that ether did not exist...
Pollster George Gallup, who covers the public opinion beat for 122 newspapers,* had a hot pre-convention argument last week. His opponent was Charles Michelson, former Democratic publicity chief. Their dispute was over the value of polls...
White-haired Mr. Michelson singled out Dr. Gallup's poll, which reported that 61% of the U.S. people thought that the Government erred in taking over Montgomery Ward. Wrote Michelson (for North American Newspaper Alliance): "As there are involved knotty questions over which the lawyers will be wrangling clear up to the Supreme Court, the acquirement of so definite a result comes near to being miraculous. Incidentally, isn't there a question of whether this does not come close to things the courts could hardly permit...
...Philosophy) Gallup found Michelson's opinions "based upon a complete misconception of aim and method." Said the pollster: "The people may not be fully informed on all the complexities of any given issue. But that does not stop them from having opinions. . . . Mr. Michelson ignores a point which undoubtedly he knows well, which is that opinions are subject to change and so are political tides...