Word: fair
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...make an effort to pay their debt. "And we shall keep that hold on them if we are not hindered by our interested allies. The occupation of the Ruhr was undoubtedly successful by showing that passive resistance of Germany was a failure. France wants money and it is hardly fair to make the very people who have rebuilt the country pay for the good they have done through heavy taxes, while the destroyers are paying fewer taxes and are even enlarging their industries...
...races and, consequently the series, she will then have to be remeasured under the stony glances of the Canadians. Needless to say the enthusiasm of a competitor who is not certain of getting credit for winning is likely to be considerably dampened. Yet while criticizing Canada, it is only fair to say that a well- founded belief is current to the effect that the Gloucester men have altered their boat to suit racing rather than fishing conditions...
...Columbia-Bluenose battle. Old salts on both sides seem to be salted down with suspicion. This perhaps, is justified, for neither appears above suspicion. In fact the whole competition seems to have degenerated from the ideal of true sport to the baser ideal of winning by any means, fair or fairly foul...
...sister University is clear, but the chagrin grows to dismay at the thought of what may be offered by those undergraduates who dislike Princeton. And when the enemies of Vassar take to interior decoration we must look to our shame. Furthermore such an insidious attack is scarcely fair to our friends at Cambridge. The shock to their morale when they see room after room defiantly denouncing their beloved Aims Mater will not quickly be forgotten. They will realize suddenly that we are no longer bound by the ordinary inhibitions and fears: it is simply that Yale doesn't care...
...Wisconsin, one of the defeated Wets, said afterwards: "There is one possible result [of the Conference]: Pinchot may be elected President." 3) After the conference of the Governors with Mr. Coolidge, Mr. Pinchot was asked whether he were satisfied with the results. He answered: "That is not a fair question." But next day, after time to contemplate, he said at Harrisburg: "The conference of yesterday not having developed the practical details of how to enforce the law, I venture, in pursuance of the President's suggestion, to point out concretely how, in my opinion, the sources of illegal domestic...