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...this familiar bias to which the President appealed in his campaign. When Nixon dedicated the Museum of Immigration in New York Harbor, his address jogged millions of memories. The immigrants, he said, "believed in hard work. They didn't come here for a handout. They came here for an opportunity, and they built America...
Changes in the admissions office would most likely be needed to offset any officer's psychological bias over an applicant's sex in determining his or her admittance. Should Harvard and Radcliffe combine their admissions offices? Should the admissions officer know an applicant's sex? It would be hard for him not to, due to an application's indicators in the form of activities. If so, an officer's preference for one sex could lead to imbalances in not only the male-female ratio but in the quality of the student body itself. In a sex-blind admissions system, those...
...appalled by TIME'S bias against the private financing of popular elections. No doubt you would enjoy seeing this system supplanted by a massive federal bureaucracy which would spend $4 out of every $5 on the administrative costs of allocating funds to prospective candidates. Which candidates would get how much...
...unique among post-war Intellectuals. What surprises is that he felt so completely frustrated. The success of a Kissinger or a Rostow contrasts markedly with Kennan's failure. But to explain the different outcomes in terms of personality begs the question. Kennan's failure was rooted in an institutional bias in favor of a Cold War mentality which could not appreciate the subtleties of Kennan's analysis...
Hopper's bias toward Robinson soon turned to open admiration. In the season's first game, Robinson collected four hits, including a three-run homer, stole two bases and scored four runs. But the taunting cries of "Go home spook!" and "Kill the jungle bunny!" still echoed from the bleachers, both north and south of the Mason-Dixon line. During one game in Syracuse, the opposing team turned a black cat loose on the field, shouting that it was the "black boy's cousin." Robinson responded by drilling a double to left. In 1946, after leading...