Word: biases
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This reflects a sly institutional culture that emphasizes some programs, ambitions, goals and dreams over others. This culture often trickles down, affecting what programs, classes and even careers are in vogue. It also reveals Harvard's bias against professional preparation...
...process of preserving cultural authenticity, the cafe's owner is offending the American spirit of equal opportunity. Amanda L. Burnham '01, a frequent patron of Cafe Pamplona (and a Crimson executive too), became privy to this bias first-hand while looking for a job last spring. Burnham attempted to apply for the serving position advertised in the cafe's window. Though she did not talk with the owner herself, the waiter that Burnham spoke with told her that she shouldn't even bother applying...
...SPAD: Big fan of Braveheart. Scottish bias, I guess...
...debate included discussion of drug arrests, racial bias in the criminal justice system and mandatory minimum sentences...
...Jesus grinned and answered him plainly, though on the bias: "Peter, aren't we learning that God is my father...