Word: fair
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...regard to the mandate recently issued to Great Britain by the League of Nations, giving exclusive rights to the commercial advantages of Mesopotamia to members of the League, Mr. Roosevelt stated that the English were very fair with the other nations in the control of the oil fields, and that at the present time France shared equally in the commercial privileges of the country...
...closing, Mr. Roosevelt said that under British control the country would in all possibility become very rich. The English system of ruling was very fair, he said, and in most cases they championed the cause of the better class of native rulers and governed through them...
...International Fishing Boat trophy next summer, when the ships from Lunenburg and Gloucester again compete, has aroused, a storm of quite justified indignation in Canadian ports. The Halifax "Herald" which originally gave the trophy, conveys in an especially caustic editorial, the sentiments held by all lovers of fair play on both sides of the border. The cup was offered for bona-fide fishing vessels only and the races were to be sailed in whatever weather Dame Fortune saw fit to provide at the time scheduled for the race. Special hulls and fair-weather rigging have their place in marine circles...
...Crimson, George Owen seemed the surest in handling his stick and the speediest in breaking up any semblance of a Tech offensive drive. The forward line, shifted from time to time to allow the substitution of almost every player available to Coach Claflin, performed with accuracy and fair speed, though lacking snap...
Coach Jack Slattery laid stress on the importance of training, saying, "ability is first, but the man who has that without training is useless." He promised that every candidates would be given a fair try, and that his ability would not be overlooked...