1.   After some soul searching and poll taking by the White House, however, Reagan announced quite firmly that he would not boost taxes.

2.   But polls taken since Camp David show strong support for continued peace efforts.

3.   Now, with George W. Bush safely ensconced as the president-elect, an investigation this week of problems minorities encountered in Florida polls takes on new political meaning.

4.   Once polls took several days to tally.

5.   Sometimes a poll takes into account weather, or that a game was pulled from the jaws of death.

6.   The poll should take place in the spring, he added.

7.   Yet, the top ranking provides so much prestige that the basketball polls unreasonably have taken on a life of their own.

8.   But those polls did not take into account more than six percent of votes won by smaller parties to be distributed ultimately among those parties winning seats in parliament.

9.   Officials of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe say they are confident the polls will take place as scheduled.

10.   The poll took two approaches.