Word: fair
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...despite the interviewers' sometimes contentious tones, Goldman said he remained optimistic that the Izvestia article will be fair...
Luckily Stanley and the team thought the story was fair. It was still the toughest story I have ever had to write...
...individual biographies are well drawn depictions of these talented writers' descent into an ethyl hell, but they are not convincing pieces on the artistic merits of sobriety. Perhaps the world is still ignorant enough about the processes of art and addiction that a fair treatment of either--let alone the blending of the two--is impossible...
...like a jewel between snow-covered mountains and deep Pacific Ocean inlets, Vancouver, Canada's third largest city and site of the 1986 world's fair, has inspired great pride among its residents. Unfortunately, intense pride sometimes degenerates into parochialism -- or worse. A city alderman intervened recently to stop local merchants from selling T shirts with the slogan HONGCOUVER, B.C. '89. "When I go out I'm absolutely surrounded by Asiatics," complained longtime Vancouver resident John Smythe at a public hearing on immigration last month. "If the doors are wide open, what's going to happen to the Caucasians...
...recent twist in the argument over whether Harvard offers its junior professors a fair chance is the charge that the University requires time-consuming administrative work that detracts from a young scholar's time to conduct research and write--the traditional criteria for senior-level posts...