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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...around the world, there were signs that people were beginning to heed that message. In the U.S. a Gallup poll indicated that 3 of every 4 Americans consider themselves environmentalists. The level of public concern is so high, says Republican Senator John Chafee of Rhode Island, that pro-environmental bills now get "a tidal wave" of support in Congress. In elections to the European Parliament, Green parties scored impressive gains. In Hungary protests from local environmentalists led the government to cancel a $ controversial multibillion-dollar hydroelectric-dam project. And in the Soviet Union the budding Green movement showed its muscle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Endangered Earth Update the Fight to Save the Planet | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

...pain grows, the public is becoming furious with the pilots. In a Morgan Gallup poll taken last month, only 2% of the consumers surveyed said they support the strikers' wage demands. Bolstered by the customer outrage, airlines have stuck to their offer of a 6% raise, but only if the pilots agree to increase their average monthly flying schedule from 31 hours to 55. In an even tougher example of the airlines' stance, they flatly turned down an offer by the pilots to suspend the strike temporarily during the Christmas season. But if the strike carries on, spoiled holiday plans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grounded, Frustrated and Angry | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

Some national polls reflect a dramatic jump in approval. Gallup has Bush at 70%, up 14 points since May, 10 points higher than Ronald Reagan when he approached the six-month mark. A TIME/CNN poll taken last Wednesday shows Bush cruising along at 63% approval at a point when the presidential honeymoon usually comes to an end and a slide begins. Pundits have called this a "second honeymoon" and "Teflon II." Neither seems quite right since we now know that Bush takes showers with his dog -- hardly the stuff of romance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Hitting the Right Chords | 7/10/1989 | See Source »

...across as a kid struggling gamely with an adult role. While some surveys have shown a modest improvement in the public's general perception of him, he still gets negative marks on the critical question attaching to any Vice President: Is he qualified to assume the presidency? A May Gallup poll reported that 52% of Americans think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dan Quayle's Salvage Strategy | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

Nonetheless, there seems to be substantial public support for the notion that a woman should be held accountable for her actions during pregnancy. A Gallup poll conducted for Hippocrates magazine last year found that 48% of those who responded agreed that a woman who smokes or drinks during pregnancy should be legally liable for damage to her infant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Here Come the Pregnancy Police | 5/22/1989 | See Source »

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