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Despite tales of dismal job markets and endless rat races, most college seniors are actually quite optimistic about their future financial outlook, a new Gallup poll reported this week...
...survey of nearly 2,000 seniors from 134 public and private colleges and universities was conducted in the spring of 1995 by the George H. Gallup International Institute
...expected invasion. The defense exercises--involving mock bamboo thrusts to the bellies of invading soldiers--struck many citizens as ridiculous. But everyone took part in the drills. A student explained, "No one wanted to be blamed for quitting." In the U.S. few were for quitting either. A June 1945 Gallup poll showed 90% of Americans pressing for decisive victory rather than peace terms that would allow Japan to avoid occupation...
Would the move backfire? While many families of MIA combatants felt betrayed, the White House knew that the bulk of Americans would approve. The most recent Gallup poll on the issue found that in the past two years, support for recognition has risen from 48% to 61%, with just 27% now opposed. The number of MIA "discrepancy cases"--airmen shot down over North Vietnam and still unaccounted for--is down to just 55 by official count, and most people seemed resigned to the idea that the fortunes of war are bound to leave a few mysteries. A day after Clinton...
Women are often shocked when menopausal symptoms strike in the early 40s. The average age of menopause, after all, is 51. Most know little about perimenopause, and their doctors aren't much help. A Gallup poll of women ages 45 to 60 conducted last year found that only 44% were satisfied with the information they received from their doctors about menopause. Until recently, doctors "simply weren't aware of perimenopause," admits endocrinologist Howard Zacur of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. "Changes in the cycle at this time of life were misinterpreted and misdiagnosed...