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...think a big factor this weekend was the fact that we didn’t have anyone sailing singlehandeds, so we had all our top skippers sailing doublehanded. We’ve been stretched really thin the last couple weekends,” Schubert said...
...race, education and region of the country. A few pollsters, like Zogby, also weight for party identification, to make sure there's a representative number of Democrats, Republicans and independents in the sample. More traditional pollsters, including TIME's, believe that party ID is not a stable factor but varies according to which candidate the voter is supporting and how well the candidates are doing...
Wisconsin has long been known as liberal, but it almost went to Bush four years ago. Bush needs a big turnout in the conservative Milwaukee suburbs and eastern cities like Oshkosh and Green Bay. Kerry hopes for big numbers in Milwaukee, Madison and western farm towns. One X factor: congressional Republicans have opposed extending a subsidy for dairy farmers...
...fret. An analysis of hair samples sponsored by Greenpeace and conducted by the University of North Carolina at Asheville found that in 21% of the women of childbearing age tested, ages 16 to 49, mercury levels exceeded the EPA's recommended limit. What's the cause? The biggest single factor was seafood consumption. The nation's biggest mercury polluter? Coal-burning power plants...
...failed to recognize the explosive appeal of reality TV. Within a short time, Zucker was doing what many observers say he does best: putting a new spin on a proven concept and promoting the heck out of it. He generated two hits in the gross-out fest Fear Factor and The Apprentice. "NBC thought reality TV was beneath them," says Steve Friedman, Zucker's producing predecessor at Today. "[He knew] that you can never be above the people you serve...