Word: polling
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...more a week. Nonetheless, Heath's success in preserving his hard line has for the moment given pause to imminent inflationary wage claims by other nationalized public workers, including employees of Britain's railway, post office and waterworks. It has also increased his personal popularity. A Gallup poll taken during the E.T.U. slowdown indicated that 45% of the populace approved of Heath's performance as Prime Minister, while 42% were dissatisfied-a dramatic reversal of the 39% v. 45% showing last month...
...that has Nixon's backing−development of a supersonic transport plane−is in danger of being abandoned. Former Interior Secretary Walter Hickel. pink slip in hand, goes on television to attack the Republican posture in the election: "I think the American people want hope." A national poll shows Nixon severely slipping. Even the national Christmas tree is twice derailed on its train ride from the forest, and finally topples in Washington's winds...
...Wrong Issue. Temporarily, at least, the discomfited public has rallied behind Heath and his hard line against the E.T.U. The Prime Minister can take less comfort, however, from the latest Harris poll; it shows that his Labor predecessor, Harold Wilson, has increased his lead in personal popularity over Heath by 51% to 37%. The poll also indicated that the Labor Party has now surged ahead of the Tories in public popularity, 48% to 45%. Once the electrical showdown is settled, moreover, many Britons may turn against Heath and the Tories for having allowed the blackout to continue so long...
...growing number of critics, the church is still the handmaiden of riches and privilege. On the other hand, there is a woeful shortage of priests (about one for every 7,000 Catholics), and the predominantly Catholic population remains largely unaware of many teachings of the faith. In a poll taken shortly before the Pope's visit, 60% of those interviewed did not know who the Pope...
...worst crisis in three decades. The jobless rate, which was 3.5% then, jumped last week to 5.8% as the November figures were issued?the highest monthly level since 1963. All together, 4,600,000 Americans are out of work, and 21% of the people queried in a recent Harris Poll reported that they have felt the pangs of layoffs, loss of overtime or reductions in regular work weeks. Yet at last count during the month of October, consumer prices were still rising at the same annual rate of 7.2%. Measured against the Government's commonly used 1957-59 average...