Word: bias
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...keep warplanes flying right, Air Force pilots argue that there has to be a "man in the loop" - a person in the cockpit. A recently completed investigation into a crash of the Pentagon's most sophisticated unmanned aircraft may reinforce their bias. The Global Hawk, which is under development, is a $45 million drone with a 116-foot wingspan that can fly for more than a day, scouring terrain and relaying video to a ground station 3,000 miles away. Last March a Hawk on a simulated mission surprised its manned F-16 chase plane by rolling onto its back...
...expires in June - frees the Fed chairman to make fiscal policy free of any concern that his job may be on the line, and that may mean an interest rate hike designed to slow the economy and head off inflation when the Fed next meets. Fear of a tightening bias sent stock prices plummeting Tuesday, with the Dow losing 359.58 points and NASDAQ suffering a record single-day loss of 229.46 points. Wall Street's pain was shared on Asian and European markets Wednesday, and markets may remain somewhat jittery over the next four weeks ahead...