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Another reason is that vegans skew the stats, because their strict avoidance of meat, eggs and dairy products can lead to deficiencies in iron, calcium and vitamin B12. "These nutrients are the problem," says Johanna Dwyer, a professor of nutrition and medicine at Tufts University. "At least among the vegans who are also philosophically opposed to fortified foods and/or vitamin and mineral supplements...
Hanson listed several biases that he said skew the practice of law and economics toward “pro-commercial, pro-corporate” interests because conservative ideas “are profitable and worth subsidizing” to those interest...
...draw ad rates about a third higher than Fox's because, say advertising executives, it has an established cable-news brand and has maintained a more upscale audience. But in January, Fox led CNN among viewers in the advertiser-friendly 25-54 age range (all the networks' viewer ages skew toward older viewers--CNN's median age is 59, to Fox's 56 and MSNBC's 55). News events can change the business again in an instant, of course, but Fox's gains mean one thing: whether the shooting war heats up or cools down, this battle will rage...
Heisenberg's principle works overtime here: if you show up at a casting call with your camera crew, doesn't that skew the audition? Our actor of the moment spills his/her guts to you...and in the corner of the frame you spot, for a split second, someone who radiates glamour, beauty, that ineluctable It. Then she's gone, back into anonymity. That's part of show biz too: not just the ones who are trying to make it but also the thousands who got away...
Armstrong explained fundamentalism as “a religious reaction against secular modernity” that uses fear to control its adherents. She said that extremists like Osama bin Laden skew Islamic history and give it a violent past to justify their terrorist activities...