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...government's handling of the Westland affair was subsequently defeated by a vote of 370 to 217. Later in the week, Westland's board failed to muster the 75% shareholder approval needed to accept the Sikorsky bid. The biggest loser in the whole affair was clearly Thatcher: a Gallup poll published last week gave her Conservative Party only a 29.5% approval rating, its poorest standing since...
...burger lovers haven't been demanding a decision, one reason may be what Carol Tucker Foreman of the Consumer Federation of America calls the "yuck factor." A Gallup poll reported last year that 64% of Americans believe cloning animals is "morally wrong." An industry survey found that 62% of consumers would be reluctant to buy products made from cloned animals...
...also helps that the legislation may be coming to a vote at a politically opportune time for a measure that can rightfully claim to be a truly bipartisan endeavor. Public approval of Congress in the latest Gallup poll stood at an abysmally low 35%, its worst in eight years. Congress hasn't helped its case much by tying itself up in battles, like the one over the filibuster, that touch the concerns mainly of those within the ideological extremes of both parties...
...certain scenarios. An animal that goes into involuntary paralysis may have a better chance of surviving a predatory attack. Many predators will not eat prey that is not struggling; that way, they are less likely to eat something sick or rotten that would end up killing them. Psychologist Gordon Gallup Jr. has found similar behavior among human rape victims. "They report being vividly aware of what was happening but unable to respond," he says...
...libel cases be headed off? They often can, argued Gilbert Cranberg, Gallup professor of journalism at Iowa, summarizing the Iowa study at a convention of the Organization of News Ombudsmen in Minneapolis. The ombudsman, clumsy title and all, is usually an older editorial hand delegated to hear out and judge reader complaints. This can be a touchy assignment. Since he was not involved in the original story and does not feel defensive about it, he may be readier to recommend a correction or even an apology. Though there are about 1,800 daily newspapers in the U.S. and Canada, there...