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...Social Democratic Party (spdYet the polls also show two other trends: a surprisingly large number of Germans say they don't know who they will vote for on Sept. 18, and in personal popularity ratings Schröder bests Merkel by 51% to 35%. According to a survey by Germany's Forsa Institute, the cdu/csu leads the spd 43% to 29%, but almost half of voters have yet to make up their minds. If the waverers are enticed to spdspd defectors and former communists - the center-right cdu/csu may not win a big enough majority to govern with the Free...
Hooked on light? That's right, say researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. They canvassed 145 beachgoers, using two standardized substance-abuse surveys adapted to sunbathing. After asking the tanners a range of questions from the first survey--including whether they wake up in the morning thinking about tanning and whether they get annoyed when others tell them to tan less--the researchers concluded that 26% qualified as being addicted to tanning behavior. When the second survey--the American Psychiatric Association's criteria for substance abuse--was used, that number jumped...
...decided to remedy that, with his new book, 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus (Knopf). The prepub reviews have been glowing. "Unless you're an anthropologist, it's likely that everything you know about American prehistory is wrong," trumpets Kirkus Reviews. "An excellent, and highly accessible, survey of America's past." Galley Girl reached Mann at home in Amherst, Massachusetts...
...Latinos have not just joined the mainstream; they are helping to define it. The prospect of a Latino U.S. President before the end of the century no longer seems farfetched. In fact, in a survey of Latinos for TIME, 54% of respondents said they believed "a Latino or Hispanic will be nominated for president or vice-president...
...Another sign of trouble: foreclosures are going up about 10% from a year ago, according to a survey released this week by internet database Foreclosure.com. This marks "an uncharacteristic upward trend throughout the summer months," says Brad Geisen, president and CEO of the online service. "More significantly, we're seeing an increase in foreclosures in a majority of states. These blanket increases may indicate that factors such as weakening sustainable home ownership and the volatility of the housing market are beginning to add to geographic economic factors that contribute to foreclosures...