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...odds for acceptance. Though admissions committees claim this is the result of a stronger applicant pool, there is a widespread perception that students less well acquainted with the nuances of the admissions process are disadvantaged by delaying their applications. Colleges that use early action should work to remove any bias in the system, ensuring that candidates have the same chances of acceptance no matter when they apply...
...Thaksin's Shin Corp., the country's largest advertiser, pulls ads if they report unfavorably on the government. (Government officials deny this charge.) Unhappy with coverage of himself in the foreign media, Thaksin and his advisers have also accused journalists from several Western news publications?including TIME?of bias and of being part of a smear campaign against him. The climate of intimidation has some opposition politicians and columnists calling the Prime Minister "Field Marshal Thaksin," a reference to Thailand's days of military dictatorship. "People can't be made to think the same way," King Bhumibol admonished during...
...idea is to educate me about Israel, [HSI’s] bias undercuts that,” Neitzke said...
...Given [HSI’s] ideological bias, I don’t have any strong hopes for what comes out of Israel Week,” said Zayed M. Yasin ’02, who is a member of the Harvard Islamic Society and the Society of Arab Students...
...internment during World War II. Many argue that the singling out of Japanese Americans was, to a large extent, racially motivated (German Americans were not sent to detention camps). Today’s singling out of Arab Americans is, to some degree, a result of an already present racial bias. As we travel down this slippery slope, we may once again find ourselves sacrificing the rights of a racial minority for the supposed protection of the general public...