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...sheer coincidence that among TIME's 20 most influential leaders and revolutionaries of this century, six are Americans and half are English speakers? Should we believe that English-speaking countries naturally produce more influential leaders than, say, French- or Spanish-speaking nations? Did cultural bias influence your selection? REHA KESKINTEPE Geneva...
...analyzing the breakdown of theland-for-peace formula and the chances for atwo-state solution, Ashrawi directed sharpcriticism at United State intervention in theMid-East, accusing the nation of an overtpro-Israel bias...
Unlike the genes that are responsible for physical traits, Hamer emphasizes, these genes do not cause people to become homosexuals, thrill-seeking rock climbers or anxiety-ridden worrywarts. The biology of personality is much more complicated than that. Rather, what genes appear to do, says Hamer, is subtly bias the psyche so that different individuals react to similar experiences in surprisingly different ways...
Brill has a good chance of ruffling some serious feathers among the media crowd. But he insists he won't be an avenging angel: "If your tone is bitter and scolding, the outsider looking in, that carries its own bias. You have no credibility." So Content will give out pats on the back as well as skewerings. "Not enough of the good stuff is appreciated because it's so swamped by the bad stuff," he says. "We're going to spend a lot of time finding the good stuff...
Rybeck expressed hope that the bias against artcurrently deemed obscene by conservatives soonwould subside...