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Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has suffered several political setbacks this summer. Disaffection with her tight economic policies continues to grow, the Conservative Party limped in a distant third in a by-election last month, and Thatcher's approval rating has dropped to 34% in the most recent Gallup poll. But perhaps the cruelest blow came last week, when nearly 100 members of her party refused to back a Thatcher proposal to raise salaries for top government officials by as much as 46%. Both the Tory rebels and Labor opponents denounced the raises as insensitive, coming at a time when...
...majority of Americans recognize the beauty of our country, appreciate its biology, and are glad that there are areas such as ANWR where beauty and biology can exist unspoiled in perpetuity. A recent Gallup poll indicates that 53 percent of Americans are opposed to drilling in ANWR—who are opposed to putting a price tag on nature. There is not a price per kilowatt-hour at which Old Faithful should be converted into a geothermal energy plant. There is no price for stone at which Mount Rushmore should be quarried. There is no price for exotic animals...
Whatever happens in court this week, Schwarzenegger's butt kicking has hardly improved his image. According to a recent Gallup poll, nurses are more popular than he is. "The nurses care about patient safety," says state senator Sheila Kuehl, author of the ratio law. "The Governor insulted them. It was a big misstep...
...Percentage of U.S. voters who say they oppose amending the Constitution to allow a foreign-born President, according to a Gallup poll 58% Percentage who oppose it when California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is mentioned as a candidate...
...president’s approval rating has now dipped below 50 percent. Meanwhile, a Gallup Poll recently asked Americans if they saw Bush as a “uniter” or a “divider” —half of respondents picked “uniter,” and half opted for “divider”. It’s time for Bush to stop gloating and start improving relations with the other 49 percent of the country...