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...uncommon for commercial groups to bankroll research that bears directly on their business; pharmaceutical companies fund drug trials all the time, for example. No matter how rigorously the research is conducted, however, the risk always exists that researchers' objectivity may be tainted by their backers' agenda. But Ackerman insists this is not a concern with his and Kanfer's work. The data from the study, he says, remained the property of Georgia Tech, not the College Board, and the two groups signed a contract in advance in which the school retained the rights to publish the results no matter what...
...made no formal agreement with the owners of any property as of yet, but a 45 Mt. Auburn St. property owned by the Foundation for Civic Leadership has been the only location discussed at UC General meetings or mentioned in legislation. Though not totally unheard of, it is uncommon for the majority of the Council to vote against the position of the President, and the time-consuming nature of the project means that the issue may well distract from any agenda Flores specifically hopes to pursue next semester.THE COMING YEAROver this past semester, Flores has at times had difficulty cutting...
...enjoyed the colorful profile of Berlusconi, and would agree that he has introduced a new style into Italian politics: he is quick-minded, creative, often unpredictable, impudent and tenacious. But I would point out that, pushy though he is, he knows how to make things happen - an uncommon virtue among politicians. Sergio Orsolini, INVERIGO, ITALY
...doesn't help that society already brings a double standard to these cases, the notion that somehow it isn't as harmful for a boy to be seduced by a woman as it is for a girl to have sex with a man. In fact, it's not uncommon in the wake of news like Hernandez's arrest to hear morning-radio jocks in Florida declare congratulatory high-fives for the boys...
Barack Obama said he wanted: a Supreme Court nominee with a "common touch." With Sonia Sotomayor, he got somebody with a common touch and an uncommon story. Nobody expects you to be chosen someday for the Supreme Court when your father was a welder with a third-grade education. Nobody expects you to make it to Princeton when you come from a public-housing project...