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...portion of the Army history remains to be released: the long-delayed Volume II, covering the war from November 1950 through June 1951. It seems a safe bet that, thanks in part to Blair's revisionist book, the volume will get a rigorous prepublication inspection for racial bias. Already the Army has set up a task force under General Roscoe Robinson Jr., a black and a Korean War veteran, to lay the groundwork for a separate history of the 24th Infantry...
...decision to intervene in Trubek's casewas the first implementation of a policy,announced in 1985, that called for the presidentto intervene in Law School tenure cases if therewere charges of polical bias...
They say the University's seven year junior faculty plan is too inflexible for scholars with children and departments rely on women junior faculty to do a disproportionate amount of the administrative work. In addition, a more subtle bias against the non-traditional areas of research favored by some women faculty is an obstacle toward career advancement, these scholars...
...champion. -- Two natural adversaries, Michael Dukakis and Richard Gephardt, are in a fight for the soul of the Democratic Party. --Pat Robertson leads a moral revolt that other politicians ignore at their peril, says Essayist Garry Wills. -- Two killings in Los Angeles raise issues of race and class bias...
Another subtle bias favors athletes. Unfortunately, not many 280-pound Asian tackles are running around. To displace the Harvard Varsity Club's vested interests in the student body would be impossible if not undesirable...