Word: polled
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Dean of Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles made light of the small poll, saying he is surprised by the "average levels of knowledge in almost any field...
...sounds fishy at first. A quick poll reveals that no one I know has ever heard of John Hart, and when two writers honor him in nearly identical language, the natural reaction is to suspect that perhaps Jacoby was in Florida for Independence Day a few years...
Whereas Rudy was once the stick by which voters measured and cast their ballots, Clinton is now the driving--or repelling--force. The week that Giuliani waved the Senate seat goodbye, a Times/CBS poll showed Lazio owning a paltry percentage of the New York vote. Weeks later, he had worked his way up to a hefty 39 percent...
...program's success is not surprising, especially considering the results of a new survey conducted for the Nickelodeon channel and TIME. What emerges from the poll of 991 kids, ages 9 to 14, plus 400 parents and 103 middle school teachers, is a noteworthy disconnect in many families over parental involvement in their children's education. While 92% of the parents said they are very interested in their kids' schoolwork, the number falls to 75% when kids were asked if this is true of their parents. Similarly, 77% of parents said they help the kids with homework to help them...
...Nickelodeon/TIME poll suggests such attention may be more important than ever: 50% of the middle schoolers say they know someone who smokes pot, and 36% feel pressure from their peers to do so. Nearly half know someone who has had sex; 40% feel pressure to do so. And 37% of the kids polled say they feel pressure to steal something from a store...