Word: bias
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There seems to be a bias towards a substantiveperson become secretary general," she said. "Idon't think we're giving enough consideration tothe non-substantive side of our conference...
...good alternatives. The judicial tradition, for example, puts faith in the ability and courage of tenured judges to make decisions on the merits, to articulate them fairly, to disclose and submit them to review, and to recuse themselves when they are, or even appear to be, incapacitated by bias. I commend this model to attention for purposes of thinking how a revised University process might actually work...
...monolithic educational system that is not sufficiently servicing the limited English proficient (LEP) students it claims to help. (The program at present is so convoluted, it puts the Core to shame.) Unfortunately, the proposed alternative is no less monolithic and carries with it undertones of racism and anti-immigrant bias to boot. Although it is clear that the existing system is misguided and badly applied, that Proposition 227 is seen as the best alternative is testimony to the utter disappointment parents have in the present public education system...
...much facilitated by laissez-faire social policy, drive down their wages and standard of living. Nonetheless, research involving carefully designed audits (i.e., matched pairs of job applicants), as well as systematic surveys and in-depth interviews of low-skill employers speak loudly on the subject of race: direct racial bias against African-Americans exists today. Continued race bias in the labor market and residential segregation help account for why a far larger fraction of the black poor as compared to the white poor, have incomes at 50 percent or less of the official poverty line...
...chief objective in Iraq is to facilitate United Nations' arms inspections, bombing the country is not the most sensible approach. The Hussein regime has allowed some U.N. weapons inspectors, but objects to certain inspection units due to a perceived anti-Iraq bias. Finding competent and neutral inspectors whom both the U.N. and Iraq can agree upon is not impossible. Consulting the Iraqis puts the ball in their court and pushes them to show commitment to fair and just inspections...