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poll
poll technique for ascertaining the attitudes or opinions of the total, or some segment of the total, population on given questions, usually on political, economic, and social conditions. Evolution The history of polling in the United States goes back to 1824, when two newspapers, the Harrisburg ... Read more |
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Measurement of Time
Time, Measurement of The history of time measurement is the story of the search for more consistent and accurate ways to measure time. Early human groups recorded the phases of the Moon some 30,000 years ago, but the first minutes were counted accurately only 400 years ago.... Read more |
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Exit Poll
Exit Poll HOW CONDUCTED PROBLEMS WITH U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY Exit polls are surveys based upon voter interviews immediately after they have finished voting. The exit polls play a significant part in media projecting election winners and their margin of victory. The polls... Read more |
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Teenage pregnancy
Teen Pregnancy Using adolescent birth rates to measure teen pregnancy, adolescent parenthood has been a fairly common experience throughout American history. (It is nearly impossible to gain an accurate measure of teen pregnancy rates over time, because not all pregnancies result in births.) The... Read more |
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Prohibition party
Prohibition party in U.S. history, minor political party formed (1869) for the legislative prohibition of the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. The temperance movement was in existence as early as 1800, but it was not until 1867 that its leaders marshaled their forces to... Read more |
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Titanic
Titanic , British liner that sank on the night of Apr. 14-15, 1912, less than three hours after crashing into an iceberg in the N Atlantic S of Newfoundland. More than 1,500 lives were lost. The Titanic, thought to be the fastest ship afloat and almost unsinkable, was on her maiden voyage and... Read more |
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naive art
naive art. Term applied to painting (and to a much lesser degree sculpture) produced in more or less sophisticated Western or Westernized societies but lacking conventional expertise in representational skills. Colours are characteristically bright and non-naturalistic, perspective non-scientific,... Read more |
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Jizya
JIZYA A poll tax. Several poll taxes were levied throughout the Middle East from the time of the Muslim conquests (seventh century). Caliph Umar II (717 Read more |
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Some margin for error: campaign issue: opinion polls. (polls predicting 1996...
...American presidential election...swing. There were problems...Some of the polls certainly...tracking poll (a rolling...potential pitfalls suggests that the polls' margin...the dirty little secret ... |
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According to the latest poll ... These days, it's hard to turn on a TV or...
...survey can reveal. A SNAPSHOT...CRYSTAL BALL A poll tells us...Truman in the presidential election...people, who were more likely...political experts were convinced...POLLING PITFALLS Today, surveys...even exit ... |
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'THE DIRTY LITTLE SECRET' ABOUT POLLING
...American presidential election...swing. There were problems...Some of the polls certainly...tracking poll (a rolling...potential pitfalls suggests that the polls' margin...the dirty little secret ... |
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The Forgotten Avenue of Reform: The Role of States in Electoral College...
...Public opinion polls also reveal general dissatisfaction...maintains, polls from the...there is little incentive...favors, at least in the short...years, a number of other...votes to the presidential ... |
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First Congress, now the White House? (Republican presidential hopefuls)(Cover...
...differences reveal the fault...spirits - at least among the growing number of Republicans...in recent polls, lagging...the 1996 presidential election...engaged in presidential politics...than the ... |
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Mathematicians say outcome of election has come down to matter of...
...outcome of the presidential election...will ever reveal the true...suggests that lesser known voting...and all the little screw-ups were as likely...swing at least a few hundred...other. "The number of ... |
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