Word: distortion
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...proponents of the restoration to claim that the $4 million is spare money. There are plenty of demands to be met; these demands must be vocalized and the administration must be willing to listen. An aesthetic enhancement, perhaps, but the reconstruction of the Memorial Hall tower serves only to distort the concerns of Harvard University...
...beyond the banter, Jiang was ready to respond to America's complaints. He said he understood the value of a free press "so long as the media does not distort the facts." While professing close relations with President Clinton, he expressed frustration with the squabbling over China policy that divides much of Washington. He complained that America wants to sell China products it doesn't need while restricting sales of some things it wants to buy. "If you sell us high-technology products, we will pay you royalties," he said, but warned that if we refuse to sell such products...
First Bert and Ernie and now Tinky Winky the Teletubbie. When will children's television finally be safe from the onslaught of ambiguously gay puppets? When will those subversives at PBS stop trying to distort the sexual orientations of our five-year-olds...
Even if the government investors could will themselves into strict political neutrality, they would distort the market simply by their size: $675 billion is a lot of money. The traditional role of government in a free market is to act as arbiter to prevent monopolistic big guys from dominating the market and pushing around the little guys. But once government became a player, it would be the biggest guy on the block, bigger than Standard Oil, IBM and AT&T were in their biggest, baddest days. Why sue Microsoft? The Federal Government could simply...
...purpose of these procedural safeguards in Harvard's tenure review system and others like them is to shield professors and administrators from situations in which their private interests or the interests that attach to their offices might distort their judgment. In this context it is curious to hear the associate provost of Harvard University downplay the reach and significance of his administrative position. It is odd to witness the director of the Program in Ethics and the Professions depreciate the importance of fundamental norms of fair process. And it is false and insulting for Prof. Thompson to suggest that asking...