Alfie is also the most popular dog name while Charlie topped the poll as the number one name among the cats.

阿尔菲还是最受欢迎的狗狗爱称，而在最受欢迎的猫咪爱称中，查理排在第一位。

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The study also highlighted regional variations, with those in the North East topping the poll as the fastest-living.

调查指出居民的生活节奏具有地域化差异，住在英格兰东北部居民的生活步调是最快的。

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The neck should be raised and gracefully arched with the poll as the highest point and the nose line close to the vertical.

马的颈部应当抬高，优美地弓弯著，项部位于最高点，马头的鼻线接近垂直。

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The president made the announcements as a new opinion poll shows public confidence in him has sunk to a new low.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

Allowing it to drag on, as other parts of the process already have, would just provide another excuse to push back the poll date.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

The Times poll found that 18 percent of Americans now identify themselves as Tea Party supporters.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

Bush learned of the poll as he was campaigning through New Hampshire on Wednesday.

CNN: Candy Crowley/

While Mr Souter hailed the result as a "clear message to the executive", ministers attacked the poll as "flawed and undemocratic".

BBC: Ballot platform

The pork-barrel king of Tipperary North, Michael Lowry, topped the poll as an independent although he was lately sacked as a minister, and from Fine Gael, in a cloud of sleaze.

ECONOMIST: Ireland