Word: polled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...UTAH Anti-gun forces are pushing a referendum on concealed weapons; poll says 80% think only police should have guns in schools...
...leap at multimillionaire Steve Forbes' offer to join his hired caravan to the city of Ames next week. That's where diehard Republicans will gather on Aug. 14 for a day of speeches and tub-thumping and then cast a vote for one of 11 candidates. The Iowa poll, when it was invented 20 years ago, was a fund-raising gimmick by the party to tap into campaign war chests by making the front runners and the foolhardy pay for the privilege of participating. But with a front-loaded primary season and George W. Bush miles ahead of his heel...
...that's why Grubbs was pandering. "I know it's hot and it's a long drive to Ames, so we will pick you up in an air-conditioned bus and take you there and bring you back--if you promise to vote for Steve Forbes in the poll," he exhorted, as his listeners munched 148 cookies and downed eight gallons of tea and lemonade, all on Forbes' bottomless tab. The candidate, who had just given his nice speech about the evils of Washington, the tax code and the Federal Reserve, sat close by with his trademark political look, which...
...come to slicker the rubes. As I watched this scene in my hometown, I think I knew who was being slickered. Next day a high school friend, Yvonne Schildberg, a Republican activist, told me, "I went to be polite. I'm for Elizabeth Dole." Another friend said, "This straw poll is really an insult to anyone's intelligence...
...executives are more concerned than ever with a skills gap they believe could be crimping their companies' sales as much as 33%, a recent poll showed. But the skills that executives say they want most don't involve hard knowledge, like the ability to program in C++ or fluency in Japanese. The top personnel premiums they seek are attributes that support mental and social flexibility. They want listening skills, interpersonal finesse and problem-solving ability, and they're spending more...