Word: fair
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Lewis continued: "Our demands as a whole do not in themselves constitute iron-clad demands, nor are they to be received as an ultimatum. Rather, we appeal to your sense of fair play. . . . The operators may as well admit they are compelled to fix a decent wage and that they should not be blamed for desiring to fix a price in proportion to it. However, that does not mean that the American public should have to pay more for its coal...
...about to negotiate a new contract. Put in what you think is right and fair, and when you think it right you want to stand on what is right at all times...
...prohibitionists, but America is making a very bold experiment to deal with probably the greatest curse of civilization. ... It is all very well for us to say that all this liquor is merely for our own sailors on board ship. . . . Give it [prohibition] a fair trial [in America]. ... If they succeed they will have the gratitude of the whole world...
...Shortridge, U. S. Senator from California: "Mrs. Miles Poindexter, writer of Washington gossip, says that Senator McKinley (Illinois) and I are much sought after by the fair sex. I am married. So is the Senator from Illinois. 'Senatorial sheiks,' the headlines called...
Further chapter headings and illustration captions tell the story. Her Hero of the Train, This Young Lady Is Innocent, Was She Safe?, Floyd's Stricken Eyes Stopped Her Mad Fury, The Stockholders' Meeting, My Father's Daughter, Hurrah for Myra!, Spies, Fair Means or Foul, and then, at the last, "in that brilliantly gold, blue and white symphony of decoration which was the music room of the Hamilton home. "'Will you marry me?' asked Floyd, eagerly...