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Another member of the group, Rev. Richard Mumma, pointed out that it is unjust to invite a famous professor to speak at a sparsely attended, "off-campus" meeting. House sponsorship of such lecturers would not only be fairer to the guest speaker, but would undoubtedly attract a large, more inter-denominational audience, he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: United Ministry May Formulate Plan for Houses | 1/15/1960 | See Source »

...Promoter Eddie Quinn, a part owner of El Morocco, reasoned that the Crosby combo had been booked all wrong to begin with. He offered them a good deal for a tag-team grappling match in a local arena next month, figuring that a two-against-two skirmish "might be fairer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 14, 1959 | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

Despite a two-to-one vote by students to invite women to the first annual Quincy House Christmas play, none of the fairer sex will see the curtain rise on The Wizard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Quincy House Vote To Break Tradition | 12/1/1959 | See Source »

...government elsewhere in the old British Empire are stirring. Last year, at the beginning of the winter season, Nassau's taxi drivers, bus boys, power-plant workers and construction workers walked out on strike (TIME, Jan. 27, 1958). Members of the Progressive Liberal Party, they struck mostly for fairer polling laws, and they won a few concessions; e.g., men of property, who formerly could vote in every constituency where they owned or leased $14 worth of property ($7 on the out islands), were limited to only two votes apiece. Elections have not been held since, and the balance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BAHAMAS: Treasure Islands | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

...stand and will make statements without any proof. These statements become part of the record, but often they are nothing more than the investigator's belief. There is no effective rebuttal. The effect is that some witnesses who might testify if they got a fairer chance take the Fifth Amendment. I don't say they would testify. I just wonder if they might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAPITAL NOTES: Behind the Scenes | 4/13/1959 | See Source »

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