Over the past century, all kinds of unfairness and discrimination have been condemned or made illegal. But one insidious form continues to thrive: alphabetism. This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet.
It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone directories. Less well known is the advantage that Adam Abbott has in life over Zoe Zysman. English names are fairly evenly spread between the halves of the alphabet. Yet a suspiciously large number of top people have surnames beginning with letters between A and K.
Thus the American president and vice president have surnames starting with B and C respectively; and 26 of George Bush’s predecessors (including his father) had surnames in the first half of the alphabet against just 16 in the second half. Even m
A. People with surnames beginning with N to Z are often ill-treated.
B. VIPs in the Western world gain a great deal from alphabetism.
C. The campaign to eliminate alphabetism still has a long way to go.
D. Putting things alphabetically may lead to unintentional bias.
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[单选题]马克思运用辩证唯物主义和历史唯物主义的立场、观点、方法,揭开了人的本质之谜。他指出:“人的本质不是单个人所固有的抽象物,在其现实性上,它是( )。”
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[单项选择]透明水色的叠加层数不宜过于多,对纸面的要求比较()。
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