Word: unfair
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Corriere Biellese has been suspended for "unfair criticism of the Mussolini Government...
Lord Grey, ex-Foreign Minister, said that both sides had cause for complaint. It was obviously unfair for America to let foreign ships attract the bulk of passengers by allowing them to take liquor into the territorial limit. On the other hand it was equally annoying for foreign ships to be deprived of liquor for the whole of the return journey. As Prohibition in the United States was likely to stand, he thought it was extremely advisable that the two Governments should reach an amicable arrangement. He further suggested that the two Governments should publish the full correspondence...
...entirely unfair to call Mr. House a Boswell. He has a very kindly nature and a genuine liking for men?especially great men. And he has always shone by reflected light. Following Wilson's retirement, House, too, went into obscurity...
Perhaps some former reciters will turn to broadcasting. Let us hope so. But there they would miss the applause, the laughter, the shrieks of terror from the baby as The Bells clanged inexorably on. Kind, genial, harmless creatures?their only pay was applause. It seems unfair that aerials and wavelengths should have done them down...
...other hand, one sees a large number of indistinguishable individuals, whose shoes are not shined, who do not own fur coats, and who carry rather more books under their arms than their more aristocratic brethren. This type is apt to be scrawny, diligent and sincere. But it is unfair to speak of types. No one individual ever conforms to his type. If you want to see us as we are, you must come and live among us. We are really human and therefore really indescribable. Yale correspondent in The Grants. Cambridge, England...