Word: skew
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Harvard's lack of recognition of multiracial and biracial identities is reflected in American society. For instance, recall the recent uproar over allowing individuals to check more than one box for race on the census. Government bureaucrats protested against this proposal for years, arguing that it would skew figures needed to determine if minorities were receiving equal access to government programs...
...Hoxby used only data from male graduates--a decision she explained by saying that, since the 1960s, women's roles in the workforce and society have changed so much as to skew the data...
...Hollywood fringe player, Artisan hopes to define itself as a brash alternative to the established indies. "We don't want to be another Miramax or New Line," says co-president Amir Malin, formerly co-president of October Films. "We want to be involved with hip, off-center movies that skew toward younger audiences between 18 and 35." Artisan, which is run by the triumvirate of Malin, longtime agent Bill Block and Mark Curcio, a former consultant to Artisan's majority backer, Bain Capital, rose in 1997 from the ashes of a firm that held video rights to Terminator 2: Judgment...
...could leave the TV on all night and day, even when I wasn't in the room. That'd be sure to skew the ratings...
...tyranny of Dudley is not really a threat to the council," argued Shai M. Sachs '01, who said that allowing Dudley the extra votes would not skew representation...