Word: biased
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...modified closed shop. It was a blow, therefore, at free enterprise and the individual rights of man. Said the New York Sun's Phelps Adams: "Like every other New Deal agency that has yet been established on the labor front, the Board has given clear evidence of its bias against management, and thus has lost the confidence of large segments of the public...
...TIME makes no claim of being unbiased and impartial. Its editors make no bones about their bias in favor of democracy and other prejudices which they share with their fellow Americans. But TIME does set as its goal to be fair in reporting and never to take sides in partisan affairs...
Jellied Eel Salad. Ingredients: 4-lb. eel, 2 bay leaves, 8 whole allspice, 6 cloves, 2 lemon slices, ½ tsp. salt, ¼ tsp. pepper, unflavored gelatin, horseradish sauce. Directions: skin and clean eel. Cut on bias into 1-inch lengths. Cover with cold water, heat to boiling, skim and add remaining ingredients except gelatin. Simmer until eel is tender, about 1 hour...
Hitherto Japan's attack on the smugglers has been mostly by bombing planes, largely impotent against the scattered traffic in the dark. But early one morning last week Japanese warships and transports steamed out of the mist into Bias Bay, 40 miles north of Hong Kong, landed a force reported at more than 10,000 which promptly began moving inland, covered by bombers, across the smuggling country. Soon they threatened Wai-chow, an important smuggling station, and no strong Chinese opposition arrived...
...first and most obvious danger is that the abstracting of the textbooks may be done with bias, professor Robey may easily find in any or all of his 800 volumes statements with which some groups in American will disagree. He will find very few statements not espoused by some legitimate group in our society...