POLL SHOWS TIGER IS EARNING HIS STRIPES FROM THE PUBLIC

          A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows that Tiger
     Woods "has shot past even" Michael Jordan in public
     approval, according to Albert Hunt of the WALL STREET
     JOURNAL.  Pollster Peter Hart, who conducted the survey with
     Robert Teeter, on Woods' popularity: "A telling comparison
     is that Tiger Woods's popularity today is greater than
     Norman Schwarzkopf's and Colin Powell's the week after the
     Persian Gulf War."  Woods and Jordan are "known by virtually
     all Americans" -- more than 90% for Woods and more than 95%
     for Jordan.  Their popularity is "across the board, with
     soaring positives among every age, regional, professional,
     racial and political subgroup" (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 5/2):

                                        

  
 
    

    
 
      
POSITIVE
    
    
 
      
NEGATIVE
    
    
 
      
DON'T 
        KNOW NAME/ NOT SURE
    
  
  
 
    
Colin 
      Powell
    
 
      
77%
    
    
 
      
5%
    
    
 
      
4%
    
  
  
 
    
Tiger 
      Woods
    
 
      
76%
    
    
 
      
2%
    
    
 
      
9%
    
  
  
 
    
Michael 
      Jordan
    
 
      
69%
    
    
 
      
6%
    
    
 
      
3%
    
  
  
 
    
Bill 
      Clinton
    
 
      
53%
    
    
 
      
31%
    
    
 
      
1%
    
  
  
 
    
Al 
      Gore
    
 
      
46%
    
    
 
      
27%
    
    
 
      
2%