Word: biased
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Sane, constructive and without political bias is the President's message to Congress. Its clear, common-sense views on the conditions of the country should convince the gossip-mongers that Woodrow Wilson is far from being a back number...
Formerly officers were promoted and selected for special schools by seniority, alphabetically, and through the personal judgment of their superiors. In order to base promotion more upon actual merit than upon chance judgment and personal bias, a rating scale was formed on the principle of ranking officers of one's acquaintance according to certain characteristics, giving each individual so many points according to whether he was best, medium, or worst, and using them as a scale for selection of the men to be promoted. In this way one had concrete and definite examples or standards rather than vague notions...
...subjects in their comparative aspects. In making this allusion, Dr. Butler has probably hit upon as grave an error in our system of pedagogy as can ever be made the subject of controversy by our educational reformers. It is that of allowing personal or national or even religious bias to enter into the teaching of the story of the past; it is compelling the student to view the events of history through the colored glass of the instructor's personal feelings and prejudices rather than being acquainted with the facts as they...
...patriotism to be as blind as it is noble. Opinions formulated in the fervor of national faith are not infrequently inconsonant with truth. The American people have long been known for their fair-mindedness, but the enthusiasm of their present purpose has in many respects driven them to that bias and petty prejudice which must, above all things, be avoided. No more striking example of this tendency could be found than in the war-time position of our press. The American newspaper, in the formulation and expression of public opinion, reflects the attitude of our people. That this attitude should...
...most valuable experience abroad in a particular and most unusual kind of work which someone had to do here. We had in him a man not only of experience and ability, but one of the highest and most patriotic motives--a man above party animus or bias, above private interest, without concealments or prejudices. He patriotically assumed a most ungrateful duty, the performance of which was bound to arouse unthinking criticism. Whether or not he has acted wisely in connection with every detail of his great and complicated work, he has certainly done well on the whole, and has entitled...