Word: biased
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...entertainment broadcasts, or with aesthetic endeavor in general; his eulogies of Norman Corwin, Archibald MacLeish and Paddy Chayefsky are embarassing, though they might not have been so if he'd have honed cleanly to a sociological viewpoint. His large chunks of political history often show an unsubstantiated leftist bias, particularly in his coverage of World War II political tensions...
...preventing the University's Vice-president, considered a "radical" by the businessmen and divines who order the affairs of Boston College, from exercising authority. The publication--whatever its source--is an example of "editorial responsibility" in its highest sense. It afforded the students a glimpse into the political bias and secretive operation of the school's governing board--proceedings which had been as dark to the students of BC as the manipulations of the Harvard Corporation are to most students here...
...economy is a series of large tax breaks for industry which far exceed their ability to expand, and which will depend on benefits trickling down to the consumer." Oklahoma's Senator Fred Harris described Nixon's program as "an economic fan dance which attempts to hide the pro-business bias of his proposals...
...article at least as controversial as the studies that preceded it. Many blacks and whites will be angered by his defense of intelligence testing because they believe that the racial characteristics it discloses reflect no real differences in ability but only the cultural deprivation of blacks and the cultural bias of I.Q. tests. Because Herrnstein accepts Jensen's ideas about heredity and intelligence, as well as Jensen's contention that compensatory education has failed, he is likely to be criticized by some scientists who, like Nobel Geneticist Joshua Lederberg, have already labeled Jensen's findings "premature...
...prime argument for experimenting with new prescriptions for inflation, says Arthur Burns, is that "the rules of economics are not working quite the way they used to." Why not? First, an inflationary bias has been built into the U.S. economy because the nation is committed to high employment and high economic growth. Once an inflation starts, no government could accept the severe recession and unemployment?well over 10%?needed to stop it cold...