Word: fairing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fair that the Detroit or Los Angeles districts, of practically a million each, should have but one representative? It is an underlying principle of our Government that the representation shall be proportioned to population. What assurance have we that this [refusal to reapportion] will not establish a precedent, and that for years to come no change will be made and large groups be practically unrepresented...
...Faust in Modern Dress" as presented last week by the Grand Opera Society in London. No liberties had been taken with the plot that Gounod chose from the first part of Goethe s tragedy. Mephistopheles made Faust live on, enticed him with promises of pleasures, with visions of fair Marguerite, restored him to youth. There were the same choral festivities with students, soldiers, peasants and burghers, the same stout Valentine, who dies in the attempt to avenge his sister's honor. Marguerite spun her stint, disported herself with jewels and flowers, repulsed Faust, then yielded. The prison scene...
...point of view, who will harm his reputation by imputing characteristics to the award at which he never hinted. But beyond these are the people who know a triviality when they see one, who will grant the man the right to his pet aversions and to the Pulitzers. Their fair administration of an institution which has not only inspired creative effort but directed public attention toward the serious products...
...always been, in my recollection, the policy of the Harvard CRIMSON to present a fair average view of Harvard opinion. Nothing could be more unfortunate than the failure of the CRIMSON to preserve this tradition now when the University is faced with one of the most serious decisions of its history...
...solving the parking problem defended, through the CRIMSON by those who have authorized it: and I should like to know why a minor infringement of a parking rule must be dealt with so awkwardly. Even if a satisfactory explanation is provided, at least transgressors in the future will have fair warning what risks they are incurring. And if the sponsors of this system are very above board, perhaps they may bodly set a set of suggestions for recovery within one hour on occasions when the owner is in a hurry! Charles E. Henderson...