(Sunday Business)
"S.U.V. sales, for a change, are off slightly, and according to a recent Sacred Heart University poll, more than half of Americans will buy smaller, less thirsty cars next time."
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"A new national poll indicates that most Americans support random testing of highschool athletics for steroid use. The poll was conducted by Connecticut's Sacred Heart University Polling Institute. It found just over 87% of the 1000 people polled, strongly or somewhat supported steroid testing among high schoolers."
"Even though gas prices inched above $2 last summer with little effect on travel, this year is different, said Jerry Lindsley, the director of Sacred Heart's Polling Institute, because consumers have accepted that high gas prices are here to stay."
"Travelers may think twice before hopping behind the wheel. In a national telephone survey of 1,000 people in late April by Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn., 43.5 percent of Americans said gas prices would affect their summer travel plans."
"In a U.S. survey of 1,000 people in late April conducted by Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn., 43.5 percent of Americans said gas prices would affect their summer travel plans. Though most said they still plan to travel, some, like the Barneys, are staying closer to home."
"In a national telephone survey…by Sacred Heart University… 43.5 percent of those polled said gas prices would, indeed, affect their summer plans."
"Data Point: 51.2% ” People who say their next car will be smaller and more gas-efficient than their existing car, according to a Sacred Heart poll."
"On the steroid question, the [Sacred Heart University Polling] institute found 87.3 percent of Americans either ˜strongly' or ˜somewhat' supported random testing¦Don Cook, director of Sacred Heart athletics, said testing is the only way to ‘get your arms' around the steroid problem."