Word: bias
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Republicans turned down their invitations to the conference two years ago, accusing the Kennedy School's seminar of a liberal bias. However, the decision of some of the members of the GOP to attend the seminar this year is based less on the trends at the Kennedy School and more on nationwide political shifts. The Republicans held their own conference in 1994 to ideologically mobilize their freshmen representatives in an attempt to ram the Contract with America through Congress in 100 days. Their legislative failure and Newt Gingrich's political freefall have led the GOP to attempt to adopt...
...does not reflect quality improvements adequately. If radial tires last three to five times longer than the bias-ply tires they replaced, their price could go up in dollars but drop per mile driven. But the CPI reflects this only partly...
...orientation program, initiated in 1972, had been canceled two years ago after newly-elected Republicans refused to attend, citing the Kennedy School's traditionally liberal bias...
...main reasons so many big companies opposed California's newly adopted Proposition 209, which effectively repeals government affirmative-action programs in the state. Cynical executives know that a passionately proclaimed commitment to equal opportunity is not only good public relations but also a tough defense against bias suits. They understand too that big investors shy away if a company's image is tarred by ugly charges of bigotry. Texaco's stock fell $3 a share in the first few days of the scandal--a loss of roughly $1 billion to shareholders, who are, after all, the real owners of companies...
Despite reports of Harvard's liberal bias, Bass's press secretary said Bass did not shun Harvard for that reason...