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...months ago TIME commissioned the PORI Institute, a highly respected Tel Aviv public opinion research organization, to conduct a poll in the West Bank. PORI is directed by its founder Rafael Gill, 51, a sociologist with an M.A. from New York City's New School for Social Research. Since 1966 PORI has been surveying opinion on topics of current interest; its polls are regularly published by the independent newspaper Ha'aretz...
...they could be isolated from the Palestine Liberation Organization's influence, would settle for some sort of "autonomy" under moderate local Arab leadership. On the other hand, the results document commonly expressed Israeli fears that any independent Palestinian state would be radical, P.L.O.-dominated and proSoviet. Says Director Gill: "The poll is not bad at all for Israel...
...fact, the poll was conducted with the assistance of Israeli Arab sociologists. Since many interviewees prefer to remain anonymous, there was no requirement that names and addresses be listed on the forms. According to Pollster Gill, PORI follows similar practices when conducting public opinion surveys in Israel. U.S. polling organizations also do not always insist upon having the names and addresses of persons interviewed. The questions attempted to elicit political views and probe Palestinian attitudes toward Israelis under conditions in which the respondents would feel they could speak freely. The "monster" question, based on colloquial Arabic expressions, was part...
...already has three fouls and the officials are calling anyone who even contemplates making contact. The Celts turn the ball over 16 times this half and Philadelphia goes into the locker room with a six-point edge I head across the hall to play Donkey Kong and avoid announcer Gill Santos' inane babble...
Senior catcher Gill Raney opened the frame with a triple and then scored the tying run when Inga Larson followed with a single to center. Dickerman got first baseman Lanidya Boyer to pop out, but designated hitter Diane Boteler singled, and freshman Ann Wilson reached base when the Bruins attempted an unsuccessful fielder's choice on Larson going to third...