Word: fair
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Shaw added that Lowell dances could be priced to give what he termed "a fair break to the students" since the House Committee was not dependent on dance revenue...
...Panama's strong man and President-maker. Eager for a little order in his country's mercurial politics, but reluctant to become President, he patiently tried four men in the office. Finally he decided to run himself, campaigned hard last year, and won easily in a fair vote...
...Home with Ethel Waters is a fair way of spending the evening out. The latest Broadway star to become a Broadway soloist, Ethel Waters should have unusual qualifications for going it alone. She has a genuine personality, whether warmhearted or rowdy; she can perform as dramatic actress or comedienne; and as a singer, she is a notable album of old favorites-Dinah, Am I Blue, Stormy Weather, Takin' a Chance on Love...
...battle of Rotenthurn, Smith was captured by the Turks and, being sold into slavery, was sent as a gift to a fair Turkish lady he calls Charatza Tragabig-zanda. Charatza, Smith rather shyly relates, took a fancy to him and shipped him off to her brother's castle for safekeeping until she came of age. But Charatza's brother so mistreated him that one day, "forgetting all reason," John "beat out the Tymors braines with [my] threshing bat, for they have no flailes," and took off on the fellow's horse. Many adventures later he reached London...
...subject to misuse, personal aggrandizement, the promotion of base ends. Every organization must provide itself with the means of dealing with incorrigibles and malcontents. The Review has been functioning ably for some sixty-six years. Established membership and/or impeachment procedure conforming to accepted democratic principles of government and fair play were adequate to cope with this problem. The real issue is whether the self-styled judges who took the peremptory action of refusal have promulgated, accepted, and administered some novel procedure during a single tenure whereby they achieve the sole discretionary power of rejection without review. It is neither inapt...