Word: bias
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Alan Greenspan figures he's right on schedule. Tuesday, at the customary 2:15 p.m. in the East, the Fed stayed in line with expectations and officially took its eye off inflation, leaving interest rates alone but restoring its bias - the only sanctioned statement of what the Fed's own expectations are - to neutral. The Fed's explanation: "While some inflation risks persist, they are diminished by the more moderate pace of economic activity...
...might well have hopped at that; as it is, Fed funds futures - the Greenspan casino - went into the meeting with a small bet on the cut, and the bias-only move is likely to eat up Monday's 200-point rally by week's end. The NASDAQ, meanwhile, will continue to mutter about its own issues, wondering only incidentally if the tech sector will prop the rest of the economy up or drag it even further down...
...summer 2000 she opened her namesake boutique. A bias-cut wool jersey skirt of pinkish cranberry ($80) or purple microfiber pants ($120) makes an office-appropriate match with a classic white cotton shirt ($90). The designer pays special attention to fit and will make alterations in a pattern immediately if she sees it's not working on her customers. "If it doesn't fit, it doesn't sell," she remarks. Bishop's creations are stocked in sizes ranging from a petite 2 to a voluptuous 16 and can be made in larger sizes to order...
...only does "The Simpsons" cross age boundaries, the show has an appeal that spreads across geography, and manages to exclude nobody. The show is set in Springfield, USA. With 121 Springfields in the United States, viewers have no regional or urban bias (some Springfields are more city-like than others). Meanwhile, "The Simpsons" is not only an American cultural fixture; it is an international phenomenon. It is syndicated in multiple dozens of countries worldwide. It may be no surprise that my roommates and I come from a Boston suburb, the deep Midwest, rural Germany and New York City. Despite...
Steve Lopez's column on using mechanical deer to catch poachers and trespassers in Michigan would have been laughable if it did not reflect his antihunter bias [STEVE LOPEZ'S AMERICA, Nov. 13]. As a hunter, I have no sympathy for poachers. But I object to Lopez's silly and inaccurate description of events. How can he claim to be "deep, deep in the woods" when he's near enough to see a pickup-truck driver on the road? Perhaps Lopez has never been in woods deeper than Central Park. The real issue, however thinly veiled, is his distaste...