Anchor: These decisions are made by middle management, who are free to indulge their prejudices, regardless of a calculation of what's best for the corporate bottom line.
Entailed: The middle management is free to indulge their prejudices.
Contradiction: The middle management take a give calculations a great importance and they always respect them. 
Contradiction: The newer ballets can stir greater responses.
Contradiction: Having objective social views doesn't mean that you can be rude about it.
Contradiction: He didn't smile, instead, laughed hysterically.
Contradiction: A group of people are talking.