Fifty-six percent of voters support the birth control coverage benefit, including 53 percent of Catholic voters, and 62 percent of Catholics who identify themselves as independents, according to a new Public Policy Polling Poll.
sylph (plural sylphs) ( 1 mythology) An invisible being of the air. 2  The elemental being of air, usually female. A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people. 1811, Mary Bruton, Self-Control (novel): Her heart fluttered with expectationâher step was buoyant with hope, and she sprung into the carriage with the lightness of a sylph.
For other uses, see Nymph (disambiguation) . A nymph (Greek: Î½ÏÎ¼ÏÎ·, nymphÄ) in Greek mythology and in Latin mythology is a minor female nature deity typically associated with a particular location or landform.ue to the depiction of the mythological nymphs as females who mate with men or women at their own volition, and are completely outside of male control, the term is often used for women who are perceived as behaving similarly.