Word: bias
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Reference was recently made in a CRIMSON editorial to several relatively small features in Lowell House which give rise to the impression that the House is to be started off with a strong Anglophile bias. It was further cited that several tutors in the House by various of their semi-public remarks had materially aided in substantiating this impression...
...because they have been successful in another country. It has become fairly obvious by this time, that several of the tutors in Lowell House, enthusiastic over the English system because it seemed to fit their personal needs, are unduly eager to start this House off with a strong anglophile bias...
...motivates collegiate athletics. One graduate writes, "Is the greatest university in the world becoming so dependent upon the great god money that it will deprive approximately one half of its athletically inclined students of enjoying the thrills of such (minor) competitions?" In spite of what is perhaps an understandable bias regarding the importance of his Alma Mater, this graduate's views on the importance of minor sports indicate a healthy respect for the policy of athletics for everyone...
...Authorized statements from official sources" in the U. S. Government; prepared without bias, printed without sensation, unaccompanied by comment, illustration, elucidation or humor, are what the United States Daily has been furnishing in Washington for three and one-half years. A complete daily tabulation of the functioning of the Federal machinery, it is a unique newspaper valued by business and lawyermen, teachers, editors, government officials the country over...
Nevertheless, it was no sinecure that the new ambassador was taking over. Even discounting the anti-Machado petition as representing a volatile temperament influenced by a political and personal bias, there still remained the injured U. S. citizens and their grievances against the Cuban state. The five chief cases, each christened for its claimant...