Mormyridae
Mormyridae (elephant fish; superorder Osteoglossomorpha, order Mormyriformes) A fairly large family of freshwater fish, characterized in most species by the presence of an elongate, trunk-like snout. The eyes and mouth are small and the tail fin is forked; the size of the
dorsal and
anal fins is variable. Several species possess electric organs capable of emitting series of low-voltage discharges, perhaps as a means of finding the way in darkness, since mormyrids are basically nocturnal. There are about 100 species, found in tropical Africa.
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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POLLS IN NEED OF OVERHAUL VARIETY OF FACTORS CAUSE RESULTS TO BE ERRATIC.(PERSPECTIVE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 11/5/2000; 700+ words
; ...in chief of the Gallup poll, says that shifts in polls are part of the game...Gallup poll was a tracking poll. Comparisons between polls are also made more difficult...University who specializes in poll trends, worries that polls not only oversimplify...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Polls, rankings are fun, but real No. 1 question only answered on court.(Sports Extra)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 2/8/2002; 700+ words
; ...depending on which poll/ranking you're looking at? Polls and rankings can...contain a ranking or a poll of some kind. We...difference between polls and rankings. Polls...understand how these polls work. Because AP puts the poll out with a disclaimer...
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Polls, rankings are fun, but real No. 1 question only answered on court.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 2/10/2002; 700+ words
; ...depending on which poll/ranking you're looking at? Polls and rankings can...contain a ranking or a poll of some kind. We...difference between polls and rankings. Polls...understand how these polls work. Because AP puts out the poll with a disclaimer...
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Polls disagree on Wisconsin gubernatorial race
News Wire article from: University Wire; 10/20/2006; ; 562 words
; ...A St. Norbert College poll and a Wall Street Journal poll...Every credible independent poll conducted in the last month...results of the St. Norbert poll released today simply are not...com, a combination of several polls' results -- including St...
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Polls and elections: preelection poll accuracy in the 2008 general elections.(Report)
Magazine article from: Presidential Studies Quarterly; 12/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...and subnational preelection polls conducted in the 2008 cycle...an in-depth evaluation of poll accuracy. Preelection Poll Volume and Poll Aggregation in 2008 The number of preelection polls conducted during a typical...
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Polls seen as crutch media like to lean on.(Nation)(Campaign '96)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 11/3/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Ever-changing daily polls, however, can prove...picture, and the safe poll-embracer may end...declared themselves poll-free zones, abandoning...altogether. Actual "polls on polling" reveal...specific time. One poll cannot predict an...the media and the polls saying that the race...
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Polls tighten in New Hampshire ; 'Monitor' survey shows Dems remain in lead
Newspaper article from: Concord Monitor; 9/26/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...to Sept. 24. The poll, which has a 4...seven New Hampshire polls released this week...voters. Also, the UNH poll was conducted entirely...the news. National polls have shown that voters...the men. The UNH poll, which featured more...undecided. In both polls, Hodes falls short...
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Polls as the key to victory: when to use vulnerability, benchmark and tracking polls.(Opinion)
Magazine article from: Campaigns & Elections; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...commission a larger benchmark poll. And to know your race...at least two tracking polls. Vulnerability Poll The most basic political...at least two tracking polls, both of which should...than the vulnerability poll. First, you should do...
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Polls and polls - too soon to panic.(NATION)(PRUDEN ON POLITICS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 10/19/2004; 700+ words
; ...watched Rasmussen daily tracking poll, a measure of the sentiment...trailed the president in this poll every day since Aug. 23. But two national polls, even more widely watched...commanding lead once more. A poll taken for ABC News, of 1...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Polls of futures past; Since its beginning, the Minnesota Poll has gauged the public's views on the future. Generally what's found is that nothing affects the future quite like what's happening in the present.(SPECIAL)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...about the future? Past Minnesota Polls have posited the question in...optimism and pessimism, a 1950 poll asked the ultimate question...It's impossible to predict. Polls, or no polls. MINNESOTA POLL 87% `Glad to Have Been Born...
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Poll Tax
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Poll Tax Poll taxes, also known as head taxes, soul taxes, or capitation taxes, are...on income or property. Economists are divided over the efficacy of the poll tax. Some economists argue that the poll tax is a regressive tax, while...
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poll
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...sending reporters to poll various precincts...newspapers were conducting polls to determine political...forecast, while the poll of a newer group organized...By the 1940s the polls were concerned with...A. H. Cantril, Polls (1972); I. Crespi, Public Opinion Poll and Democracy (1989...
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Exit Poll
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Exit Poll Exit polls are surveys based upon...organizations to conduct exit polls. Media networks use exit poll data and actual vote returns...confidence level for state polls, and plus or minus 3...for the national exit poll. Data within the sample...
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Polls, Opinion
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...people who answered such polls were not a random cross...The demise of the straw poll came in the presidential...demonstrated that the Digest Poll ’ s biased sample...to use modern opinion polls — marked a major...this time the opinion poll — particularly...
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Poll Taxes
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
Poll Taxes are head taxes usually levied by local...adults within their jurisdiction. Compulsory poll taxes were employed in the United States from...nineteenth century and a racially motivated poll tax came into use in the late nineteenth century...
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