Word: fairness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sure that your review of Graham Greene's The Comedians [Nov. 3] is fair to the picture, but I know that it isn't fair to Haiti. "Greene's fictional Haiti," you say, "seems not very far removed from the real one . . . a Black Power station," etc. Well, this just isn't so. Greene found what he came looking for-Papa Doc, the Tontons Macoute, Black Power, a sick society. The visitor without this preconception will see little or nothing of Haiti's cloak-and-dagger world. He will be overwhelmed instead by the Haitian...
...seen but not heard. An example is the Unitarian-Universalist Association-traditionally noted for its equality-flavored pronouncements on race. At a meeting of 200 Unitarians in Manhattan last month to discuss racial problems, 31 Negro delegates held a separate caucus, accusing their church of denying Negroes fair representation in leadership positions...
...judge whose concern and feeling for the individual tended to outweigh his reliance on specific precedents of the law. During oral arguments before the court, it became his custom to break into a lawyer's taut legalistic reasoning and ask: "Yes, but is it fair?" In Reynolds v. Sims, which in 1964 extended "one man, one vote" to both houses of state legislatures, he wrote for the majority: "Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests. To the extent that a citizen's right to vote...
...that demonstration raised. By denying the probationed protestors the privilege to seek election to the Council, the Administration would undercut the Council's purpose and spirit. A wise solution would be for the Administrative Board to end probation for the demonstrators at midyear. Then the activists would have a fair chance to seek election, no regulations would be violated, and the probation would still have its deterrent effect. But even if the Board does not shorten the term of probation, the purpose and potential importance of the new Advisory Council justify an exception to the rules, and any undergraduate should...
...fair. We do see some very tasteful advertising as well as the other kind. Consider the Volkswagen campaign as an example. No cheesecake. The vehicle is sold on its merits. Frequently the ads actually poke fun at the product. But sales are still climbing...