Word: fair
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Harding administration follows with a reduction of 102,101 employees in two years. Detractors from the Administration point out that 88,000 of this cut came in the War and Navy Departments, and that the Administration opposed reduction of the Army and Navy. This detraction may not be quite fair, because reductions in clerical personnel might have been achieved even though the Army and Navy had not been reduced. The figures do, however, show: That the present number of government employees is approximately 500,000-an increase of 140,000 in the twelve years since 1911. The increase...
Henry Ford, who is being boomed in various quarters for the 1924 Presidential nomination of any party which will give it to him, paid $4,000,000 for the satisfaction of playing fair in the automobile industry. He bought the Lincoln Motor Company from its receiver for $8,000,000, assuming none of its liabilities. Later developments showed that half again as much would be necessary in order to pay the company's creditors in full. So Mr. Ford paid...
...meeting at which the above resolution was adopted was attended by most of the prominent and active members, so that the vote taken was as representative as any vote usually taken in similar organizations. In the interest of fair play, those who were opposed to the resolution were invited to present a minority report, which is given below...
...fourth meeting will take place next Tuesday at the same time and place, with Mr. Heyworth Campbell, art director of Vogue, Vanity Fair, and House and Garden as the speaker...
...forced Wakefield to the utmost in the second before losing it 13-16, after the score had been tied 13-13. In the third game of the match however Dixon came back strong and easily won 15-11. With the games 2-1 in his favor he stood a fair chance of capturing the title then, but Wakefield tied the match by defeating him with a good margin, 15-12. The deciding game opened exactly as did that in the interclub match, with the score seven all after a few minutes of play. With Dixon feeding his forehand Wakefield brought...