Word: fairs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...plead that it would be "unfair" to Germany to vote at once. Seemingly the brothers-in-law hoped that even a brief delay would bring intervention favorable to Germany from Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. This was still possible, but French Foreign Minister Pierre Etienne Flandin, tall, big-boned and fair, again showed that he knows remarkably well how to handle Britons. The usual sort of Frenchman would almost certainly have demanded an immediate vote, and in so doing he would have been well within France's juridical rights. Instead, towering M. Flandin rose to say with a broad-minded...
...distinguished persons moved past the Throne with such rapidity that a Buckingham Palace flunky was overheard to say of His Majesty: "He fair had them going at a dog trot...
...unfair trade practices which have grown up in the steel industry. These unfair practices have included secret concessions, discriminatory prices as between customers, rebates and other methods harmful alike to producer and consumer. The steel industry has become notorious for such practices and for its inability to earn a fair profit...
...bank deposits, went back to its original fidelity and surety business. Holders of mortgage bonds guaranteed by the Company yelled loud & long, since the guaranteed bonds were not taken over as liabilities of the Corporation. But the Court decided that the reborn National Surety should be given a fair start in life, since its stock might become a valuable asset to be disposed of in the creditors' behalf...
...life of the art student is made too easy. ... In my young days the way was hard, but those who really believed in their art were content to struggle. It is not fair to youth to be so encouraging...