Maurice Carroll
Maurice Carroll
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Americans - especially young Americans - are an optimistic people. Despite the gloom and doom in the world, and their own belief that peace on Earth is not in sight, we believe our own lives are getting better.
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Despite the common assumption that New Year's Eve is a wall-to-wall party, this poll finds that most people will be safe at home celebrating with friends and family, with the Times Square countdown in the background.
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People think this is a horrible problem, and they are not being very friendly to illegal immigrants.
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People tend to go with the winner, and the Yankees have been winners.
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People think Bloomberg ought to have more to do with it.
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Even in a city touchy about civil rights, New Yorkers pick a bag search over the threat of being blown up.
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Even in the first three nights of polling, when Mayor Bloomberg was being hammered for not participating in the Harlem debate, he was cruising along with a 19-point lead,
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Beyond the compassion that everyone feels, Mayor Giuliani's prostate cancer has yet to have an impact on the Senate race,
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Bill Bradley has been on a sustained drive, blowing past Vice President Gore.
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Running for attorney general, she loses more respectably, but she still loses. This is not great news for Pirro, but she still runs better in a race she insists she is not running.
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At the start, it looks like a Bloomberg blowout, ... It's still early.
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Did he score any knockout blows? No. Did he show that he belonged in the race? Sure.
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You'd think people would be sympathetic to them because, let's face it, they're here for the same reasons everyone else is here: Because they can improve their lives.
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had been right on the button in all past races.