Word: faired
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...simple problem that undergraduate enrollment does not reflect the percentage of women in society needs to be solved: admit a fair share of women. But balancing the sexes will not alone solve the problem. Both men and women at Harvard need to meet each other halfway. Women must be willing to risk entering into the fray of public debate, and men must be willing to take a cue from the women classmates and listen...
...think it's a very fair contract," he said. "Not that we'll ever be able to pay good teachers what they're worth, but I think we were able to reach a mutually satisfying agreement...
...Pennsylvania cabinet member in the administration of former governor and current Institute of Politics (IOP) Director Richard L. Thornburgh, Dennis was instrumental in creating fair housing, job training and economic revitalization programs...
...that weapon should be used sparingly. Protectionism encourages U.S. companies to remain inefficient and drives up prices to consumers. The flap about fair trade obscures an inescapable fact: the fault for our industrial woes lies not with our trading partners but in ourselves. If every trade barrier on earth magically disappeared, the U.S. deficit would probably decline no more than 20%. The primary responsibility for the trade deficit rests both with a profligate Government whose tax and spending policies have encouraged overconsumption and with much of U.S. industry, which grew fat and complacent during its halcyon days in the 1950s...
...have created a gigantic financial house of cards. We have had fair warning about its weakness. It is no coincidence that the explosion in speculation during the past few years has been accompanied by a significant increase in the level of illegal or unethical behavior in the financial community. Charges of insider trading, market manipulation, conflicts of interest and securities fraud are more and more common. The media have made their own contribution to this frenzied climate. They have turned raiders and junk-bond kings into a new economic elite, and takeovers into the highest form of business endeavor...