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...electrical activity of the auditory portion of the brain (the auditory brain-stem response test). Just because a baby fails either test, however, does not mean there is a hearing problem. A temporary buildup of fluid in the ear canal or excessive noise in the nursery can skew the results. For this reason, says Sharon Fujikawa, director of audiology at the University of California at Irvine, hospitals should repeat the screening tests for any baby who doesn't pass the first time before telling the parents to consult an audiologist for more thorough testing...
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...