Word: errors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...etiquette in literary circles that says you shouldn't be altogether frank about these matters of ethnic and racial hostility. But if you raise the issue, a certain formula is to be followed: you must introduce a character, preferably from the streets, who is enlightened and shows everyone the error of his ways, so that by the time the story is over, everyone's heading off wiser. There has to be a moral resolution. Unfortunately, life isn't like that. I felt that if you are going to try to write a novel about New York, you cannot play falsely...
From a telephone poll of 1,012 adult Americans taken for TIME on Jan. 9-10 by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman. Sampling error is plus or minus...
...exams and handwriting tests have a wide margin for error, which means that some people are inaccurately labeled as dishonest. James Walls, co- founder and executive vice president of Stanton Corp. in Charlotte, N.C., which sells 1 million written honesty tests a year, admits that his questionnaires are only 88% reliable. Employers should use a written test only to supplement interviews and background checks, Walls points out. Critics of the tests contend that many managers are lazy when it comes to hiring. "They want quick answers to the question 'Will a person be honest?' " explains Jon Bauer, a law professor...
While not ruling out pilot error, investigators are focusing on the possibility that the plane's electronic fire-alarm system failed and indicated trouble in the wrong engine, leading to a tragic mistake. As other Boeing 737s are being checked, the remains of Flight 92's engines have been sent back to their French co-maker, SNECMA, for examination...
...comments of Annor Ackah '89, which appeared in Wednesday's feature on student-athletes were taken out of context. The Crimson regrets the error...