The approval rating for Congress dropped to 9% in one recent poll.

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One-third of the French, in a recent poll, harbour envy or mistrust towards Germany.

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While one recent poll found that one respondent in two believed that Mr Fujimori will return, this seems unlikely.

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One recent opinion poll showed 50% of respondents in favour and 30% against.

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One recent poll showed that 72% of American Catholics hold their bishops in high esteem, up from 53% in May 2002.

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One recent poll suggested G5S is now among the top three political groups in the country: one analyst, journalist Beppe Severignini, said he expected its support to be between 10 and 15%, meaning Grillo could pick up crucial seats.

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One recent poll showed it at 48 percent, down from about 60 percent in January.

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The survey findings are backed up by a recent poll for the World Cancer Research Fund which reported that just one in five Britons eats the recommended levels of fruit and veg.

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If the results of one recent poll were repeated on election day Smer-SD would win 81 of the 150 seats in parliament, giving it a healthy majority.

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