A 1993 postal poll of American English speakers showed that 84 % use / θ /, while 16 % have / ð / ( Shitara 1993 ).

That this is not good politics is underscored by the latest poll figures which show that 72 per cent of the people like the way in which the new President is conducting the nation's business.

Fromm also cites a poll on attitudes toward work restriction conducted by the Opinion Research Corporation in 1945, in which 49 per cent of manual workers said a man ought to turn out as much as he could in a day's work, while 41 per cent said he should not do his best but should turn out only the average amount.

Board members indicated Monday night this would be done by an advisory poll to be taken on Nov. 15, the same date as a $581,000 bond election for the construction of three new elementary schools.

Persuaded in part by Lane's abolitionist views, Alcott took a stand against the John Tyler administration's plan to annex Texas as a slave territory and refused to pay his poll tax.

The Transatlantic Trends poll found that 72 percent of Bulgarians do not approve of the economic policy pursued by the government of the ruling center-right GERB party and Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.

In 1986, in a poll conducted by GOAL magazine, he was named the most overlooked talent in hockey.

In January 2011 Charlton was voted the 4th greatest Manchester United player of all time by the readers of Inside United and ManUtd. com, behind Ryan Giggs ( who topped the poll ), Eric Cantona and George Best.

Also in the 2004 TV poll to find " Britain's Best Sitcom ", Blackadder was voted the second-best British sitcom of all time, topped by Only Fools and Horses.

In 2011, the UK version controversially adapted the discussion of nominations, before changing this rule back following a poll by Big Brother broadcaster Channel 5, which revealed that 90 % of voters believed that housemates should not discuss nominations.

However, in a 2005 poll by British film magazine Empire, Braveheart was # 1 on their list of " The Top 10 Worst Best Pictures ".

In 1967 Fulcher became known as Barney Bubbles, though he did not change his name by deed poll for several more years.

* In 2002, on a UK poll broadcast by the BBC, Chaplin was ranked number 66 on a list of the 100 Greatest Britons.

In 2004, he was voted the greatest British prime minister of the 20th century in a poll of 139 academics organised by MORI.

According to a poll at a Quantum Mechanics workshop in 1997 ,< ref > the Copenhagen interpretation is the most widely-accepted specific interpretation of quantum mechanics, followed by the many-worlds interpretation.

In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers, following its appearance on the 2005 television programme Seven Natural Wonders, Cheddar Gorge was named as the second greatest natural wonder in Britain, surpassed only by the Dan yr Ogof caves.

In May 2001, " Don't Dream it's Over " was voted 7th in a poll of the Best Australian Songs of Alltime by the Australasian Performing Rights Association.

In Australia, name change was formerly accomplished by deed poll but now is done by completing a Change of Name form.

For example, a piece of land may be partitioned ( or carved out ) by a deed poll into Section A and the Remaining Portion thereof.

Dino Zoff was born in Mariano del Friuli, Friuli-Venezia Giulia ( Italy ), and was elected in a poll by the IFFHS as the third best goalkeeper of the 20th Century-after Lev Yashin ( 1st ) and Gordon Banks ( 2nd ).

Carry propagation is accomplished by a set of spiral arms in the back that poll the carry levers in a helical manner so that a carry at any level can increment the wheel above by one.

The nominees for alumni trustee are determined by a poll of the members of the Association of Alumni of Dartmouth College, selecting from among names put forward by the Alumni Council or by alumni petition.

The British Film Institute has produced a poll ranking what they consider to be the 100 greatest British films of all time, the BFI Top 100 British films.

In Australian and British English, a halter is a rope with a spliced running loop around the nose and another over the poll, used mainly for unbroken horses or for cattle.

In the UK, a Gallup poll showed that none of the 500 British Muslims polled believed homosexuality to be " morally acceptable ", compared with 35 % of the 1001 French Muslims polled.

In 2009 FourFourTwo named Dalglish as the greatest striker in post-war British football, and in 2006 he topped a Liverpool fans ' poll of " 100 Players Who Shook the Kop ".

In 2009, a poll of 217 Formula One drivers conducted by the British magazine Autosport named Schumacher as " the second-greatest Formula One driver who ever lived ", just behind Ayrton Senna, and the most complete driver, just ahead of Senna.

In a poll an adult person is chosen at random from the British population.

Its title song was named " One of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock " by music writers in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame listing and is ranked as one of the all-time top-ten punk songs by a 2006 poll of original British punk figures, as reported in the Rough Guide to Punk.

In a 1986 poll, 94. 5 % of the population voted to remain British.

In a 2000 poll by Q to discover the 100 greatest British albums of all time as voted by the British public, the Undertones ' eponymous debut LP was voted the 90th greatest British album.

* In 2005, readers of SFX magazine awarded the series fifth place in a poll of British fantasy and science fiction television programs.

A February 1969 Gallup poll showed Powell the ' most admired person ' in British public opinion.

The British public voted it the 13th greatest album of all time in a 2004 Channel 4 poll.

He was voted the third greatest British prime minister of the 20th century in a poll of 139 academics organised by MORI, and in 2002 he was named among the 100 Greatest Britons following a UK-wide vote.

A poll of four countries in January 1990 found that a majority of surveyed Americans and French supported reunification, while British and Poles were more divided.

A poll conducted by the Bermuda Sun, a local semiweekly newspaper, reveals support for British citizenship — however, that support largely comes from whites and the majority of blacks in the island — that is, Bermuda's majority — are not interested in British citizenship, opting rather to live and study in North America.

The March 2002 poll revealed that of the 356 persons surveyed, 66. 9 % were interested in accepting British citizenship, and only 18 % said that they would refuse it.

The standing of Heffron's government suffered when the electors rejected its proposal to abolish the New South Wales Legislative Council at a referendum in April 1961, being the first time Labor had lost a state electoral poll in 20 years.

On St George's Day, April 23, 2010, the Commonwealth Games Council for England launched a poll to allow the public to decide which anthem would be played at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India.

According to an October 2008 poll from the Mainland Affairs Council, on the question of Taiwan's status, 36. 17 % of respondents favor maintaining the status quo until a decision can be made in the future, 25. 53 % favors maintaining the status quo indefinitely, 12. 49 % favors maintaining the status quo until eventual independence, 4. 44 % favors maintaining the status quo until eventual reunification, 14. 80 % favors independence as soon as possible, and 1. 76 % favors reunification as soon as possible.

Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, casts his ballot at a poll station in Baghdad in the January, 2005 election.

The poll was a catalyst for Lambeth London Borough Council and Transport for London's Street Management to co-operate on a joint funding arrangement for further streetscape improvements, which benefited The Dip between St Leonard's and Streatham station and the stretch north of the Odeon as far as Woodbourne Avenue.

** In Survivor: America's Tribal Council as part of the All-Stars season, Rupert Boneham was selected by a popularity poll of Survivor viewers to win $ 1, 000, 000.

At the 1997 general election, Dukes topped the poll in the new Kildare South constituency, but Fine Gael lost power and Dukes became Chairman of the Irish Council of the European Movement.

The Labour-run Coventry City Council held a referendum on implementing the poll tax in the city, essentially giving two alternatives-to cut services or pay the poll tax.

In the 1980s, the Militant tendency was dominant in the Labour group of Liverpool City Council, which came into conflict with the Conservative-led central government over its finances, and in the All-Britain Anti-Poll Tax Federation, which led a successful non-payment campaign against the Community Charge, commonly called the poll tax.

This was replaced under the Thatcher government by the Community Charge ( popularly known as " poll tax "), which proved even more unpopular than the rates, and was replaced by a mixed Council Tax which combines elements of property tax and a poll tax.

The party also won a two-thirds majority in the Nasinu Town Council, but was heavily defeated in the poll for the Suva City Council.

On 29 July 2006 Toowoomba City Council conducted a poll of Toowoomba residents on the proposal to use this multi-barrier filtration system for filtering sewage for drinking purposes.

Not only was there no negative effect on Hunter's career, but a few months later he was named Most Promising New Personality in a nationwide poll sponsored by the Council of Motion Picture Organizations.

He was a member of Magherafelt District Council from its creation in 1973 until standing down to concentrate on Westminster duties in 2010, and topped the poll in every local government election he contested in the 1973-2005 period.

A poll was carried out in Moscow streets of the names of the candidates to the Public Council of the society.

Gilmour remained on the backbenches until 1992, and opposed many Thatcherite policies, including the abolition of the Greater London Council, rate-capping and the poll tax.

On the same day he was elected to the Fingal County Council for the Castleknock electoral area, topping the poll.

In the week prior to the community poll the Cardiff Conference of Secondary Heads sent Council Leader Rodney Berman a letter, dated 10 February 2009, expressing their support for the council's plans.

Council Leader Rodney Berman announced in response that the council's development plans would proceed and that the community poll result was noted but would not be acted upon.

He was re-elected to the Council in 1985 as Alderman having topped the poll in Dublin Clontarf receiving the highest vote in the Country.