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...haven't seen the movie, I'll tell you it has some funny parts. One is that the Malone character isn't a real movie person because he makes documentaries. And nobody goes to those. Yet Fahrenheit 9/11 earned more at the domestic box office than any movie Zucker has directed...
...first thing you need to do is to search yourself and determine if you have a bias. If you acknowledge that, it's not that hard to screen it out. But you've got to acknowledge it. If you're an intelligent person with an interest in this stuff, you're going to have your views and opinions. And it doesn't mean you're trying to press them through your work. That's not how bias works. Bias is insidious; it works its way into your attitude...
...Taylor, an American citizen, was convicted on five counts of torture under a law known as the extraterritorial torture statute. The judge ultimately relied on the December 2004 Office of Legal counsel opinion that replaced the Bybee Memo, one that defines torture as "an act committed by a person acting under color of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical pain and suffering other than pain and suffering incident to lawful sanctions...
...minimize your suffering, arrive between 10 a.m. and noon or between 2 and 4 p.m. And be nice to the person who gives you an "I Voted" sticker. That person has been up since dawn defending your democracy against the forces of chaos...
...type of voting machine can also make or break a polling place. In places with so-called open-face machines (in which all of the options are arrayed in one large display), voting can take each person just a few minutes. In 2004, Ohio voters, using open-face electronic machines, spent two to five minutes voting. But those machines are expensive to buy and transport. This Tuesday, it will take voters 7 to 13 minutes, Allen estimates, because of new voting machines that are not open-face. Voters must scroll down these screens to reach the bottom of the options...