Word: opinioned
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When Flores ran with current Vice President Kia J. McLeod ’10 against the other major UC ticket Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10 and Alneada D. Biggers ’10, Council opinion was evenly split between the two campaigns, which she said contributed to the tense, sometimes acrimonious political atmosphere that characterized last year’s elections...
...some Council veterans said it would be inaccurate to judge Council opinion based on raw numbers, pointing out that many Bowman-Hysen supporters were UC members with relatively little understanding of UC history, such as freshmen or first-time representatives...
...reform seem to agree: taxpayers shouldn't pay to fund abortion. "No federal dollars will be used to fund abortions," said Barack Obama in his speech to Congress on Sept. 8. His Democratic colleagues say they agree with the same principle, as do GOP leaders. That stance mirrors public opinion as well. A 2008 Zogby poll found that 69% of Americans oppose "taxpayer funding of abortion," which is currently governed by the decades-old Hyde Amendment, the law that prohibits funding of abortions through Medicaid and federal employee health plans except in the case of rape, incest, or to save...
...most important bilateral relationship, ahead of Britain and Canada. But 56% categorized China as an adversary and just 33% called it an ally. That ambivalence is reflected on the other side of the Pacific. While Obama is popular in China, his celebrity has done little to move public opinion about the U.S. overall, according to the Pew Global Attitudes Project. The favorability rating of the U.S. among Chinese is just 47%, exactly what it was two years...
...abuse the authorities say they are determined to stop. Among the proposed measures, still to be fine-tuned and debated in parliament, is the requirement that two different doctors attest to the candidate's suitability for assisted suicide and confirm the terminal diagnosis; currently only one physician's opinion is needed...