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Word: fair (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...these relations continue to breed ideals of fair play and sportsmanship, and promote valuable friendship between the institutions themselves and the individuals of each school...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ALL DARTMOUTH AWAITS START OF "PEERADE" FOR BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE | 10/20/1927 | See Source »

...front-page head has a very fair apportionment of CRIMSON and lampoon type, four letter being of one characteristic style and four of the other. The C consists of a jester couchant with legs bent up over his head, the I of a huddled dragon with a pointed snout, and the two O's of two smiling faces reminiscent of Messrs. Moran and Mack. On the other hand, the R. M. P. and N are in most appropriate lower-case block letters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "The Crimpoon", the 17 Year Old Periodical of the Class of 1900 Bobs Up Again--Published Only at "Decent" Intervals. | 10/19/1927 | See Source »

...where there is a higher code of honor and ethics than in Wall Street. Every day transactions involving millions of dollars are carried on over the telephone without the suggestion of a signature or a written commitment. Any man or any institution showing the slightest disposition not to play fair is not allowed to play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Honest Wall Street | 10/17/1927 | See Source »

...Hope Hampton produced the agreeably unexpected-a more than good enough voice, a fair acting talent and a head of red hair that in most prima donnas would make up for everything. Here she is occupied in crashing U. S. society with the help of an organ-grinder posing as a prince. There are a few, a very few, jokes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: New Plays in Manhattan: Oct. 17, 1927 | 10/17/1927 | See Source »

...They set one parent's shame against the thrill of a million people. It isn't fair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Fame | 10/17/1927 | See Source »

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