Word: polled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...every scientist at Harvard to be told that the choice of Dr. Varmus is a "disappointment." As for "glamour," how many Harvard seniors from the class of 1995 had heard of Vaclav Havel prior to that Czech Republic President's selection as the Commencement Speaker for that year? No poll was conducted to my knowledge, but I'd venture a guess: not many. Seldom has such myopia been demonstrated by an entire staff (minus three) of supposedly intelligent journalists. This essay demonstrates a lack of education, not to mention a lack of tact...
...might question the worth of his inheritance. The revivalist, traditionalist branch of American Christianity that Billy Graham led from the obscurity in which it had languished roughly since the 1925 Monkey Trial is now the most vital and aggressive spiritual force on the national landscape. A 4,000-respondent poll by the University of Akron lists Evangelical Protestant as the most common religious self-identification in the U.S. (26%), followed by Catholic (23%) and mainline Protestant (17%). Beliefs closely associated with Evangelicalism--that salvation comes only through faith in Jesus Christ, and that the Bible is inerrant, or utterly truthful...
...Crimson will play sixth-seeded Hofsta. Considering that the Crimson was ranked sixth in the nation in the coaches's poll before they beat Dartmouth this weekend, it is surprising that Harvard received such a low seed in the tournament...
...Marines' fear was that the information would wind up in the hands of a future employer or insurer. That fear was well placed. Companies and government agencies have already claimed the right to tap individual health files. More than a quarter of Americans responding to a 1993 Harris poll said health information about them had been improperly disclosed. The issue has caught Congress's attention: legislation designed to protect medical-record privacy--but which critics say is too lax--is pending before the Senate...
...three remaining teams on Harvard's schedule are Holy Cross, Cornell and Dartmouth. Of the three, only the No.18 Big Green is ranked. And the Crimson--who was ranked 11th in the latest poll, conducted before its upset of No.8 Brown--is favored against all three...