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Word: scribblers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1960
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...less than 18% of the electorate had yet to make up its mind about how to vote in November. And Syndicated Columnist Joseph Alsop devoted an entire column to criticizing Gallup's methods. "In the newspaper trade," wrote Alsop, "it is usually considered bad form for one wretched scribbler to make remarks in print about the work of another. Yet an exception seems to be justified in the case of the inquiring Dr. George Gallup's important first poll after the national conventions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Battle of the Pollsters | 9/5/1960 | See Source »

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