Word: fair
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Republicans made the most of Leader's turnabout. Jeered U.S. Senator and ex-Governor James Duff: "The Leader tax program is sure enough a rock 'em, sock 'em plan, a regular Donnybrook Fair idea. When you look around to see who is getting hurt, you get socked right on the button yourself-more of a tax smack by hundreds of millions than was ever before proposed in Pennsylvania, most of it in direct violation of definite campaign pledges." But George Leader stood his ground. He snapped: "I have just begun to fight...
...last minute reprieve, the weatherman last night granted the Spring Festival fair weather today and tonight, reversing his earlier decision of rain. According to the forecaster, the rain, which lasted for 17 days and discouraged almost everyone (see cut) should have ended early this morning. The temperature should be in the low 60's, with mild northerly breezes...
Conscience and courage on the part of America's leaders can re-awaken a public sense of fair play and force a sensible revision of our security program, John Lord O'Brian '96 said last night in his concluding Godkin Lecture...
Speaking on "Security, Sanity, and Fair Play" before an audience of 300 people in Sanders, the veteran constitutional lawyer charged that "the chief responsibility for aberrations in our security procedures rests in our highest leaders. If and when they become aware of their responsibilities," he said, "the public will respond to their leadership promptly and powerfully...
...issues of loyalty and security, according to O'Brian, have been seized by unscrupulous politicians and used as political weapons. "But when courageous and outspoken leaders appear, a sense of fair play will assert its power among our people," he continued...