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Error Margin. To justify the apparent turnabout, Gallup suggested that the timing of the poll taking was crucial. Gallup's sampling was made between July 19 and 21, just after Dwight Eisenhower endorsed Nixon. Ike's announcement may have swung some sentiment to his former Vice President...
...government of Greece 15 months ago, Colonel George Papadopoulos showed no regard for legal niceties. Backed by 300 or so young officers, he scrapped Greece's constitution and jailed scores of members of the Greek Parliament, most of whom have since been released. Last week, in an ironic turnabout, Papadopoulos tried to persuade some of the young officers who brought him to power to agree to make public a new constitution for Greece. So far, Papadopoulos, who is now Greece's junta-appointed Premier, has twice been forced to set back the scheduled release date of the document...
...himself a hawk on Viet Nam. After a long talk with the former Vice President in Manhattan, Hatfield emerged to declare that he would "actively seek support" for Nixon as a man who could "successfully resolve the Viet Nam conflict." Rockefeller minced no words when he heard of the turnabout. "It means that Mark Hatfield has betrayed his own integrity," he said, "as far as his position on Viet Nam is concerned...
...crowd of 600 in the courtyard of a Paris boys' school, where dilapidated urinals were plainly in view, Centrist Leader Jacques Duhamel drew cheers by asking: "Wouldn't it be better to spend money on schools rather than on the illusionary force de frappe?" In an ironical turnabout, the Communists attacked the Gaullists for their no-holds-barred attempt to win an all-out majority in the National Assembly. "Unlike the Gaullist party," chided Party Chairman Waldeck Rochet, "the Communists do not want power alone, but only to have their rightful place in a government of democratic parties...
There is of course, no logical reason for this abrupt turnabout. The winter facilities are inadequate, but most coaches agree that the quality of the auditorium does not transform the chump into a champion. All the spring teams got their share of breaks, but in most cases, they made their breaks...