Word: polling
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Crimson's thrilling 12-11 defeat of Cornell Saturday at Ohiri Field was enough to convince pollsters that the squad has regained its prowess as a lax powerhouse. Harvard is ranked ninth in the USILA Coaches' Poll, and was tied with Ivy rival Brown in the final spot of the Baltimore Sun's Top Ten. Both polls were released yesterday...
Defending national champion Syracuse, led by legendary middie twins Gary and Paul Gait, remained in the top position in both polls. But last week's number two team, perennial powerhouse Johns Hopkins, dropped into the fifth spot in the USILA poll and the fourth spot in the Sun poll after a 14-10 loss to Rutgers in Baltimore...
Aside from being tied with the Bruins in the Sun ballot, Harvard was the highest ranked Ivy League school in both polls. Previously eighthranked Cornell dropped to 14th in the USILA poll with the loss to the Crimson, behind tied-for-tenth-ranked Brown and Yale, and 13th ranked Pennsylvania...
Pierce's 25-point lead in the polls, analysts say could well evaporate as the campaign goes on. According to the Globe's poll, 30 percent of voters are undecided and 58 percent of Pierce supporters might change their minds by the fall. "It's very soft support," said Gerry Chervinsky, head of KRC Communications Research, the firm conducting the poll...
When London imposed a poll tax in 1381, revolting peasants beheaded four of the King's ministers. A similar levy is scheduled to take effect April 1 in England and Wales, and though decapitation has not been mentioned, the reaction has been anything but mild. Across Britain last week, furious crowds stormed local government chambers, burned Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in effigy, looted stores and battled police. Scores were arrested and dozens injured...