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Further compliments to M. Tchitcherin included reference to his "nervous mind," his "preference for bad over good sources of information," and his "malevolent bias which makes pure invention the basis or support of his policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Blatancy & Moderation | 3/7/1927 | See Source »

...McCormick with the gunboats Sacramento and Asheville were also at Shanghai last week. At Hankow were the Isabel, Palos, Pigeon, Villalobos, Pope and Truxtun, under the immediate command of Rear Admiral Henri Hughes Hough. One warship each was standing by at Ichang, Chungking, Kiukiang, Nanking, Foochow, Canton, Wuhu, Bias Bay and Chinkiang. Ten destroyers and twelve submarines were ready at Manila, whence the destroyer Stewart sailed last week with extra arms and ammunition for the infantry men at Tientsin. During the week the destroyer Pillsbury took off some 60 U. S. refugees, mob jostled, from Foochow, landed them at Manila...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Mob Crisis | 1/31/1927 | See Source »

...simulated order of mahogany desks. The authoresa, has found in her business career a succession of human ontacts and exhibitions of ingenuity which suggests that the day of standardization in pay, promotion, and practice still lies in an indefinite future. In this adventurous outlook she has one definite bias; she has grown up with the modern advertising business and undoubtedly shares its delight in glamour...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Biography, a Diary, and a Volume of Business Memories | 1/18/1927 | See Source »

...spelling, TIME, having no bias, relies upon standard dictionaries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 3, 1927 | 1/3/1927 | See Source »

...Shall the lawmakers tell us what to think?" he asked. In some states there is a law prohibiting schoolbooks that defame the American conduct in the War of 1812. This invades the individual right to know the truth, and gives rise to false patriotism, and an unfair bias on history. Not only is our thought so regulated, but even such intimate matters as our food and living conditions are controlled by laws on milk and heating of homes. In performing its duties as a government, our government should not become a nursemaid...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambridge Wit Sweeps to Victory Over Harvard Logic on Symphony Hall Floor | 10/29/1926 | See Source »

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