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Those who say that polls influence the electorate rather than simply mirror its attitudes cite three main trends; the bandwagon effect, the underdog effect and the media effect...
...slide into a comfortable shabbiness. Most of the grand houses were converted into private schools, dormitories and offices, or divided into small apartments and rooming houses. Shops proliferated. In 1965 the clumsy 52-story-high Prudential Center rose incongruously on Boylston Street. It was followed by the 60-story mirror-glass John Hancock tower and other tall buildings. This "highrise spine," as planners call it, formed an impressive skyline but failed to mitigate the disaster on the ground: early in the 1960s, 9.5 acres of living, breathing, historic city right next to Copley Square was torn up to form...
...some stump-speaking practice, he told a flag-waving "Spirit of America" rally of 13,000, "To those who say we must turn back to tax, tax, spend, spend, I can only reply, not on your life! The best view of Big Government is in the rear-view mirror as we leave it behind." He got in an obvious shot at Mondale, observing that while John F. Kennedy had told Americans to ask themselves what they could do for then-country, "today we see candidates trying to buy support by telling people what the country will do for them...
...single-minded determination that was often concealed beneath an exterior of rumpled suits and scuffed shoes that might have been more appropriate for a distracted economics professor rushing to class. Yet after 20 years with the same company, Morgan left. He says he looked at himself in the mirror after accepting the job, smiled and thought out loud, "Why, you little demon...
Officials say Harvard's long-term goal is to mirror the national pool of women with Ph.D's in its tenured ranks. Currently about 25 percent of the nation's advanced-degree holders are women, an all-time high. But because of Harvard's slow pace of filling tenured slots, the Faculty won't be able to reflect that statistic for at least 30 years, says Lewis...