Word: bias
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hoarse whisper is the only alternative to a shout that Harris can come up with. I stress this failing not to slur Harris (indeed, Cromwell by the end of his career was probably hoarse too!): rather, I bring it up as a factor crucial in explaining why the ideological bias of the movie-strongly pro-Cromwell-fails to work convincingly in actual dramatic interchange...
...deadline to take the only official action left open to him: he placed the problem before Congress, which was racing to wrap up last-minute business before adjourning. To the Democrats, the President's request for a simple 45-day no-strike law smacked too much of management bias. They immediately set about weighting the measure in favor of labor. "If we take away the right of these men to strike ... we at least ought to give them the cost of living pay raise," argued West Virginia Representative Harley Staggers. That Congress seemed to be bowing to the bullying...
Such a merger would be consistent, says the report, with its own "bias toward the training of 'problem-solvers'- individuals with a mixture of clinical and analytical training who will work on problems in on-going educational settings...
...work progressed, he became more and more "amazed" at the "bias, the enmity, and the mythology" that colored people's opinions of the drug. "People actually believed that it would degenerate and deteriorate your mind," Grinspoon said...
However there is a clear bias here in favor of the landlords. Cronin and the property owners know that if tenants once start paying lower rents it will be a tricky legal business to get them to pay additional money if the law is declared unconstitutional. To avoid this risk it is much more convenient to keep the tenants paying higher rents for as long as possible. Perhaps the objective is to keep them paying the high rents forever...