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...assumption in Hollywood that the western is a homeless genre," says Mangold, "that it doesn't have a built-in audience. The adults who might want to go don't go to the movies, and the young ones are locked into the superhero world." Mangold also sees "a Hollywood bias against the America between New York and L.A. The movie industry is basically built serving 14-year-old males, and they aren't interested in rural America...
...Thus, my concerns about Zionism are motivated by neither pro-Arab nor anti-Jewish bias, but by the fear that those who dismiss all anti-Zionism as anti-Semitism—or, equally often, as Jewish self-hatred—risk creating a self-fulfilling prophecy. If Israel’s defenders convince the world that all legitimately Jewish people are Zionists and that Jewish people are uniform in their opinions about Israel and its policies, then the convinced will conclude that condemning Israel or its policies requires them to hate Jewish people...
...blown eating disorders. The researchers measured the incidence of unhealthy weight control behavior by analyzing questionnaires completed by the middle school students in the study, which raises the possibility of students not providing fully accurate information. “As researchers, we’re always concerned about [reporting bias],” Austin said. “But because it was a randomized controlled trial—six [schools] received the intervention and seven got the usual education—we’d expect that would help make them very similar.” According to Maria...
...started medical school in 1970, less than 20% of my class were women. Now at Duke and at most other medical schools, women have been 50% of medical classes for 10-15 years,” Williams said. “It's taken a while for gender bias to fade out and for this infusion of women into the medical system to mature to the point that they have all of the accomplishments and background one would want for these top jobs.” Dr. Victor J. Dzau, who is chancellor for health affairs at Duke...
...another blow to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki, Iraq's former interim leader, Ayad Allawi, has announced that he plans to return to Baghdad to do what the current Prime Minister has not: rid the government of sectarian bias and bring violence under control...