Word: polle
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...been in politics long enough to know that polls just go poof at times.' PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH, when asked by a reporter in Ohio about his feelings that 'everybody and their brother does a poll...
...might hold some allure, but the old union still means something to many Scots. An April poll found that 67% would prefer the status quo or more powers to the Scottish Parliament, with only 22% backing independence. An earlier poll, on the other hand, showed 52% of the Scottish public supporting independence - and an even higher percentage of English in favor of Scots separation...
...survey item asked respondents to guess the number of partners the “average” Harvard student has per year. While only 4.6 percent of respondents said that the average student had no partners, the poll revealed that 39.8 percent of respondents reported having no sexual partners, while another 38.4 percent reported having just one partner. Although over 70 percent of survey takers guessed that the average Harvard student had two or more partners per year, only 22 percent of respondents reported having had two or more partners...
...poll reveals that on average, Harvard students have less than one sexual partner per year—suggesting that abstinence may be a fact of life for many students, even those who aren’t members...
...depression is 6 to 8 percent, whereas 40 percent of the population may have experienced depression at least once in their lives, Barreira told the eight students who attended. “The entire physiological system is in shut-down mode,” Barreira said. A 2004 Crimson poll found that 80 percent of Harvard undergraduates felt depressed at least once over the course of the year, and 10 percent said they had seriously considered committing suicide. Although Harvard students may have heavy workloads, Barreira said that a recent national survey did not find Harvard students more likely...