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This month, however, state directors of his U.W.S.A.--hired and paid by the national headquarters in Dallas--began organizing public meetings at the county level, ostensibly to canvass the group's rank and file, as well as anyone else who cares to attend, on whether they think formation of a new party is in the national interest. In spirit, the ploy resembles Perot's 1992 appeal for public guidance on whether to run for President...
Padurano declined to give details of her plan for political pressure, except to say that letter-writing would be included. She said tomorrow's meeting will canvass ideas and serve to inspire students to become involved in ending human suffering...
...MANY HETEROSEXUALS IN THE U.S. ARE practicing safe sex? Precious few, say scientists conducting the first large-scale national sex survey since the original Kinsey study more than 40 years ago. Preliminary results of a telephone canvass of more than 10,000 Americans show that up to 31% of heterosexuals have put themselves at some level of risk for contracting AIDS over the past five years, usually by having multiple sex partners or unprotected sex with someone who is either HIV positive, a blood-transfusion recipient, an intravenous drug user or engaged in some other high-risk behavior...
...This is not something that has ever been done in a Yale University presidential search before," said Yale's Director of Public Affairs Martha K. Matzke. "Basically, they have finished the canvass of opinion and are moving into the second phase of the search to look more closely at the many names that have been suggested...
...WEEKS AGO, PEROT ADMITted that his withdrawal had been "a mistake," signaling his intention to rejoin the race. His requests that state coordinators meet with delegations from the Clinton and Bush campaigns in Dallas last week and then canvass the volunteers on whether he should run were regarded as mere formalities. On the one hand, the Perotistas criticized the Clinton envoys for promising to use income generated by upper-income tax hikes to cut middle-class taxes rather than reduce the deficit. On the other hand, the volunteers found the Bush team vague on entitlement cuts and short on evidence...