Paula Abdul, who knows a thing or two about the fickleness of fame, joins music execs Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell to turn thumbs down on all but one contestant over the life of this summer series, which will deliver a record deal to the winner.
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An exit poll taken during the 1992 presidential election found a majority of voters favored lower taxes and fewer government services rather than higher taxes and more government services, which begins to explain why a public that generally favors health care reform would nevertheless turn thumbs down on Clinton's Rube Goldberg-style health care plan.
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While Helms would not vote against tobacco, he almost certainly would turn thumbs down on Kirkman's gentle documentary, which juxtaposes Kirkman's own personal history as a gay man growing up in Monroe, N . C ., with a scrapbook chronicling Helms's rise as a conservative politician there following stints as a newspaper columnist and TV commentator that made him, if not rich, media-savvy.
