Word: subjection
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...Hundred Horizons” may take a different tack in examining history, but it most certainly follows the traditional stylistic tenants of historical writing. It is not a page-turner. This book is for someone with abundant time and a keen interest in the subject...
...things start going south, try bringing up something amusing but neutral, ideally a subject that’s already been broached. Recent movies or books are a safe bet, especially if you’ve got an inkling of your prof’s taste in such things. If silence is threatening and you’re ruing the day you ever thought to ask this lump to have dinner with you, you can always just start having fun with it. Throwing propriety to the wind will be entertaining for you, at least, and perhaps your professor will...
...main question is ‘Can human beings be fair in their judgment of others?’” Banaji said, adding that putting aside prejudice is much harder than it seems because conscious knowledge of the prejudice is not enough to erase it. Approaching the subject from a moral philosopher’s standpoint, panelist Tommie Shelby, the Loeb associate professor of social sciences and of African and African-American studies, pointed out that society relies heavily upon the impartiality of police officers, judges, and jury members. “Does such research warrant deep skepticism...
...Democrats win one house of Congress, this situation won't be that unusual. The title of Mayhew's book on this subject is Divided We Govern and that's become increasingly true. Twenty out of the last 30 years, the government has been divided. The conventional wisdom has always been that voters actually prefer having the wheels of power paralyzed so that politicians can't do anything too stupid. But maybe it's quite the opposite, and voters know exactly what they are doing...
...margin of error for the entire sample is approximately +/- 3 percentage points. The margin of error is higher for subgroups. Surveys are subject to other error sources as well, including sampling coverage error, recording error, and respondent error...