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The division’s staffers are supposed to adhere to a strict ethics code and forgo any public partisan activities because such actions could imply preferential treatment for a candidate or party and jeopardize the commission’s credibility.

INSPECTOR GENERAL URGES ETHICS REVIEW AT FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION FOLLOWING PROPUBLICA REPORTBY JAKE PEARSONAUGUST 12, 2021PROPUBLICA

It offered legacy admissions in the form of preferential or priority status to descendants of the sold slaves and, in 2019, promised to raise $400,000 per year for their benefit.

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Instead, it placed quotas on immigrants from the Western Hemisphere and instituted a preferential system that prioritized immigrants of the professional class and those with specialized skills.

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There are complaints of preferential treatment of major arts groups — including Arena Stage, Studio Theatre and the National Building Museum — at the expense of smaller groups and organizations of color.

D.C. MAYOR BOWSER NAMES NEW CHAIRMAN OF ARTS COMMISSION, WHICH IS FACING ACCUSATIONS OF CRONYISM AND RACISMPEGGY MCGLONEMAY 20, 2021WASHINGTON POST

They’ve extended that to say everyone who we work with that is like us will get preferential treatment.

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Both the preferential capital gains rate and the carried-interest feature of current tax law have encouraged technology investments favoring capital and profits over labor and wages.

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The elder Brooks said his wife, Richelle, is handling it well, but “because Al’s the beloved son, he always gets preferential treatment.”

WHEN HOUSTON AND BAYLOR MEET IN THE FINAL FOUR, IT WILL BE FATHER VS. SON ON THE SIDELINESEMILY GIAMBALVOAPRIL 1, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Swarns launched a New York Times investigation, and within three years, Georgetown announced plans to raise $400,000 annually to benefit the descendants of the enslaved people they sold while also offering them preferential admissions status.

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In 1894 a second Conference was held at Ottawa, mainly to discuss intercolonial preferential trade.

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The other Premiers agreed to consider whether Canada's preferential tariff policy could be followed.

THE CANADIAN DOMINIONOSCAR D. SKELTON

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