He finally chose Libius Severus, a senator of no political distinction, probably selected to please the Italian senatorial aristocracy.

Advertising bias, when stories are selected or slanted to please advertisers.

Corporate bias, when stories are selected or slanted to please corporate owners of media.

According to Connie Muther, a consultant in Manchester, Conn., textbooks are "designed by a committee, written by a committee and selected by a committee to please all and offend none."

As the figure-skating competition of the 1992 Winter Games opened here tonight with the original program for pairs, they skated to music from the musical "Can-Can," selected just to please the French crowd, but suffered a major error early and ranked seventh after the round.

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