Word: skewness
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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...
Next year's team, helmed by a strong class of seniors, including point guard Jenn Monti and small forward Katie Gates, will still skew young and deep. Anchored by the freshman frontcourt tandem of Hana Peljto and Tricia Tubridy, who came into their own this season, the team has all the weapons to claim the Ivy title...
...Nobody is intentionally trying to change numbers or skew numbers,” Wrinn said yesterday...
Perhaps it's about accountability. We, who have the freedom to skew our stories--needn't you see our faces? Needn't you look into our eyes as we tell you why Bush's tax plan isn't going to work or why we're ready to single-handedly reclaim the Alaskan refuge? Are you checking for falsehood, listening for trembling in our voice...
...That likelihood is presaged by Thomas's settling on a piece-by-piece passage strategy, even in the side of Congress where Bush has the votes. The $958 billion in marginal rate adjustments are straightforward and evenhanded, and don't skew rich very much at all - the death tax repeal does most of that - so they'll be that much harder to resist politically...