Word: polle
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...decided to poll five experts of a different sort: passionate Red Sox fans who are famous for other things, like writing or acting or running for President. Here are their views on Big Papi and why he hasn't been performing...
...While Britain bluntly accuses Mugabe of "stealing" the election, reactions from African leaders have been more restrained. On Sunday the African Union joined the chorus of calls for the immediate release of poll results. Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan also weighed in, calling on African leaders to find a solution to the situation, which he called "a serious crisis with impact beyond Zimbabwe." But leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) kept noticeably quiet on Zimbabwe at a summit on poverty and development being held in Mauritius - except to ask South African President Thabo Mbeki to continue...
...which our government has deceptively deprived individuals of civil liberties and basic human rights in the name of national security. Already, with nine months remaining in his tenure in office, President George W. Bush cannot flee from the scene quickly enough: The latest ABC News/Washington Post national poll showed 64 percent of Americans expressing disapproval of Bush’s performance as president...
...This isn’t necessarily a fluke of Harvard culture. A recent Pew Research Center poll found that ‘free time’ is the most commonly reported priority in life—above family, wealth, and religion. No doubt some of the desirability of leisure time is a product of its rarity. In a nation famously obsessed with family, wealth, and religion, it is somewhat surprising to find such a broad longing for free time. But, just as at Harvard, America finds itself increasingly limited to little outbursts of enjoyment scattered throughout interminably mediocre lives...
...arranger, has played with a number of bands and collaborated with such jazz musicians as Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie. In 1995, he received the Jazz Masters Award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the nation’s highest honor in jazz. A New York Times poll of jazz musicians that year also found Miller to be “the most in-demand pianist.” Golson says he hopes to ground the students in the roots of their art. “History is always important. I’ll have to talk about things...