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...reason we praise and blame with such vehemence is because of what sociologists call "correspondence bias," which is our tendency to attribute the cause of events to individual human actions. Thus, we say that Alan Greenspan spurred our prosperity when in fact it was a myriad of different circumstances almost all of which he had absolutely no control over. It is our tendency to believe Carlyle's wrong-headed Great Man theory of history, which is that great men make history, not that history makes great men - or women (he wrote in the 19th century). Our modern version of this...
...reformist government, many of whom sat by and cheered as Serbia exported war to neighboring republics in the former Yugoslavia. President Vojislav Kostunica, a former academic and self-proclaimed patriot, infuriated the Swiss prosecutor during their January meeting by lecturing her for 30 minutes on the purported bias of her tribunal. Meanwhile, a fresh U.S. ultimatum to Belgrade to show tangible signs of cooperation with the Hague by March 31 or forfeit $100 million in aid may not require Milosevic's extradition--as had at first been suggested--but instead a series of less politically perilous signs of goodwill...
...Toni Braxton and seemingly every other Hollywood siren these days? On Grammy night, the members of Destiny's Child weren't wearing a thing underneath their tight Versace gowns, their publicist says. But for every other woman who has tried to pour herself into one of those unforgiving bias-cut dresses, the inspired undergarment of the moment is the control thong. It's a pair of panties that eliminates the lumps and bumps of underwear lines. You can wear it with clingy dresses or sheer pants and still tighten your tummy--maybe even zap an inch...
...There was strong Arab bias against Sharon when he was elected, but Washington was pleading with Arab states to keep their powder dry and judge Sharon by his actions rather than by his reputation. And the Bush administration is claiming some credit for the fact that Arab reaction to Sharon has been muted...
This particular tongue-lashing wasn't just a dispute among judges. It has potentially enormous implications both for the Microsoft case and for the entire software industry. Microsoft insists that Jackson's public comments showed judicial bias, and thus are grounds for reversing his liability ruling against the company. Even if the appeals court doesn't go that far, Jackson's statements may very well provide it with a basis for reversing the sweeping remedy order that would divide Microsoft into two companies...