Word: polled
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...index is calculated by adding together four factors: composite poll ranking, composite computer ranking, strength of schedule ranking divided by 25, and total number of losses. The two teams with the lowest index play for college football's national championship in either the Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, or Orange Bowl, depending on the year...
...Hawks feature sophomore forward Sandra Kayulu who went to Winchester High School in Mass., the same school that produced Crimson captain Lauren Corkery and injury-maligned sophomore forward Caitlin Butler. Winchester held the No. 1 ranking in the USA Today's high school soccer poll for much of the late...
...Moliere joked, "We die only once--and for so long!" So we should choose to die well. Too many of us don't. According to a new TIME/CNN poll, 7 out of 10 Americans say they want to die at home; instead, three-fourths die in medical institutions. More than a third of dying people spend at least 10 days in intensive-care units, where they often endure torturous (generally futile) attempts at a cure. Specialists say 95% of pain in terminally ill people can be mollified, but studies show that nearly half of Americans die in pain, surrounded...
Which isn't to blame doctors alone. Americans as a whole have a hard time discussing dying--even those who have planned for it. According to the TIME/CNN poll, 55% of those over 65 now have an "advance directive," a legal document that lays out what sort of care they want before death. This number has never been higher. But only 6% of those worked with a doctor to write the document; other polls have shown that very few people even tell their doctors they have advance directives. In addition, a study found that although many Americans legally designate someone...
UNDERDOG DAYS This week the candidates addressed two major concerns: health care and the economy. Bush announced his plans to overhaul Medicare, and Gore released a 191-page economic blueprint. Bush also declared that he is now the "underdog" in the race. Maybe pledging more would spike his poll numbers...