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- proper noun Roman mythology One of the three
Fates , or Parcae, daughter ofJupiter and Justitia; themeasurer of the thread of life
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Ekos has the Conservatives seriously rebounding in Atlantic Canada, although Harris-Decima is 6 points off that for the Liberals.
2008 Federal Election Poll Tracker: Day 25 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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Ekos has the Conservatives seriously rebounding in Atlantic Canada, although Harris-Decima is 6 points off that for the Liberals.
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Decima -- may I call her Decima? "broke off Lucy, with a faltering tongue, as if she had done wrong.
Verner's Pride Henry Wood 1850
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Karin and Jan might as well call her Decima, which was like the tenth, in Swedish.
The Golden House 1865
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I might add that this sample is almost as large as that upon which a pollster such as Decima comes to conclusions on national party standings and voter preferences.
BC Bloggers 2008
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And there also is a Roman legion called Decima, "the tenth.
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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UPDATE: My indefatigable Liberal buddy Scott Tribe points out that another poll (Harris-Decima) shows the Libs and Cons neck-and-neck.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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Before prorogation was even confirmed, a Harris Decima poll showed that half of the country cared enough about this arcane concept to have an opinion about it: and of that half, the tide was running against prorogation more than two to one.
Frogs in a pot 2010
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My Liberal buddy Scott Tribe is gleeful about today's EKOS poll, which confirms the Decima poll earlier this week and makes the August 24 Ipsos-Reid poll look more and more like an outlier.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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To contrast: “A 2009 Harris/Decima poll found 82% of Canadians preferred their healthcare system to the one in the United States, more than ten times as many as the 8% stating a preference for a US-style health care system for Canada”
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