Word: biases
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...regards the government's "code of conduct" as necessary to prevent papers expressing foreign views from eroding the stability of the monarchy. "Because alien resources are at their disposal," he says, "if you give them absolute freedom, are they going to have objective considerations without alien social and political bias dominating their news? Ninety-eight per cent of the people subscribe to the two symbols of Nepal: our monarchy and independent constitution. The remaining two per cent is an urban, educated middle-class elite. We don't want this two per cent to undermine our national symbols...
...ominous symptom of malaise is the growing visibility of a neofascist movement called the Fuerza Nueva (New Force). The party, led by a wealthy Madrid lawyer named Bias Piñar, 62, attracts alienated youth from some of Madrid's best families, who mix with a cadre of thugs and shadowy political operatives adept at exploiting a residual streak of nostalgia for the Franco era. Fuerza Nueva captured 350,000 votes-a mere .02%-in last year's national election. But the ultrarightists attract disproportionate attention with fiery street rallies and attacks, with iron bars and bicycle chains...
Alan Howard, a Brown junior, had asked Tisdale to determine whether financial aid officers had incorrectly computed his award because of racial bias. The university, in releasing the report, deleted all references to Howard's case because of privacy considerations...
...Soames bluffed masterfully, like his protege Lord Carrington, who maneuvered the conflicting parties into the cease-fire for the transfer of power last fall. Like Carrington, Soames worked without bias, constantly dangling the bloody alternative to order and compromise--the scuttling of the elections and the resumption of war--before the conflicting parties. He censured Mugabe's secretary for unfair electioneering and threatened to cancel the elections in the most unruly districts. He successfully compelled the three major black candidates to adhere closely to fair campaign guidelines and the procedures for military disbandment. His efforts crowned a 15-year British...
...statistical base. For example, ETS studies have shown a direct correlation between a person's family income and his SAT scores. As average family income increases, test scores rise proportionately. Many such as Alan Nairn, head of the Nader study group, claim this is direct evidence of an economic bias in the tests. The Nairn-Nader study says ETS statistics show SATs are not a very accurate predictor of a student's first year grades. "Ninety per cent of the time, tests predict a student's first year grades no more accurately than a roll of dice," Massade says. Although...