Word: survey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...predominantly Caucasians and Orientals. Barely half of the native Hawaiians have completed high school (v. 72% of the other islanders), most have menial jobs, and their annual income averages just under $10,000, about $1,000 less than that of the state as a whole. Moreover, according to a survey by Alu Like, a cultural organization, native Hawaiians "frequently report a loss of pride and bitterness resulting from historic loss of their family lands and their homeland." They also complain that public schools "ignore their identity, traditions and history...
...cream in a paper's usual menu of views and service features. "One of the reasons we started Probity," explains Des Moines Tribune Managing Editor Drake Mabry, "was to broaden the appeal of the paper to a part of the audience we're not reaching now." A survey conducted by the San Francisco Chronicle revealed a heavy female readership for Tales of the City, especially in the 18-to 35-year-old bracket. The Charlotte Observer credits its serial for boosting weekend circulation...
Then there has been a dramatic decline in U.S. consumption. Faced with costs that drove even snackbar brew to 350 a cup and above, many Americans cut down on coffee. According to a 1977 survey by the National Coffee Association in three U.S. cities, consumption in the four months of March through June was 22% below last year's level. Result: roasters and wholesalers, who had stockpiled reserves in anticipation of even higher prices, have found themselves stuck with large inventories...
Revel's survey of Communist behavior persuades him that there is no such thing as Euro-Communism. It is just Stalinism decorated with new promises. As proof, Revel offers the damning evidence of the French and Italian Communist parties. If they mean what they say about permitting a democratic opposition when they come to power, inquires the prosecutor, why do they not allow any dissent within their organizations today? Revel bitterly acknowledges that "doubting their honesty is viewed in the West as being in poor taste...
Enrollment figures also indicate that students apparently prefer introductory and survey courses to higher-level offerings. Economics S-10, "Principles of Economics," and Fine Arts S-13, "Survey of the History of Art," continue to draw over 50 students each...