Word: surveying
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...believed to contain the mineral, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. In about two-thirds of buildings with asbestos, some of the material is in a friable state, which means it is crumbling into microscopic fibers that can float through the air. (There has yet been no federal survey of single-family homes, but a preliminary study indicated that houses tend to have relatively low levels of airborne asbestos...
...survey of the Harvard Class of '88 released last fall revealed that the number of seniors entering academic and service fields rose significantly for the first time in several years, while the number selecting professional or business careers declined...
...subsequent Associated Press survey on Wednesday showed 88 percent of those responding favored such a vote, but Wright said 57 percent of those responding to his private tally wanted the deadline to pass...
...Wright's survey "exposes members to a charge of lying," said Ralph Nader, the consumer advocate, citing the Associated Press and surveys by his own organization...
...That survey, sent to all upperclassmen, represented administrators' broadest efforts to date to evaluate undergraduate life. Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III said last spring that results would help shape the College agenda for the next five years...