Word: fairness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...before the commission. The implicit purpose of the commission is to make the election legitimate in the eyes of the student body and hold the council accountable for its behavior. But the secrecy and apparent incompetence of this year's election commission has left us wondering: Was this a fair election? At the very least, we need an explanation...
...United Nations' failure to intervene, its authors acknowledge that the international body ultimately implements the policy of its member states. "A couple of months ago stories were appearing in the media that laid most of the blame at Kofi Annan's door," says Dowell. "But that's not particularly fair, since Annan is ultimately an administrator. He can't order any U.N. action that's not authorized by the member states." And the most influential of those, the U.S., wasn't prepared to go ahead with a decisive response. "The best we can hope for out of this," says Dowell...
...have always planned that when we had the faculty in place and the undergraduate program settled we would move towards a graduate program," said K. Anthony Appiah, professor of Afro-American Studies and Philosophy. "We've had a fair amount of demand...
...originally from Chicago, but I spent my high school years at West Catholic High School in rural Michigan. In seventh grade my family moved to a farm. We lived on a family farm that was farmed by other people. We were almost landlords for sharecroppers. I've ridden my fair share of tractors. I appreciate the scenic beauty of farms, but not the actual farming...
...motion put forth by el-Hage's lawyers claims that solitary confinement alters a prisoner's mental state, infringing on his right to a fair trial by due process...