The passage describes the Author's impression of students participating in the "Upward Bound" program and it is generally favourable towards the program, without giving a more specific reason for this favourable opinion, it's more the author's personal impression.
Thus, we could say that the author has a positive bias towards the program.
The printing press and the Industrial Revolution.
All (people) who were present in "The Masque of the Red Death" froze when the ebony clock chimed. All the activities ceased with the sounding of each hour by the clock. Musicians paused, waltzers stopped dancing, and the giddy grew pale.
