Word: unfair
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first glance the preferential shop seems eminently unfair. It means that men who are opposed to unionism will be forced to join the union in order to get a job. But it must be remembered that a large majority of the dining room employees here are not opposed to unionism, and have, in fact, joined the union. If the advantages that they have already gained through their organization are to be safe-guarded, the future existence of the union must be assured through the preferential shop. Inevitably, then, the minority must bow to the will of the majority, for that...
...unfair to single out Nitrous Oxide in this manner, when the same condition may result due to the lack of oxygen when any other general anesthetic is being administered. We feel that it is especially unfortunate that your reference gives the impression that damage to the brain as described is due to the anesthetic agent, rather than the attendant lack of oxygen...
...will now presumably start over again with another grand jury in another Federal district. Meanwhile last week his boss, Attorney General Homer S. Cummings, took the matter seriously enough to send a protest to the House Judiciary Committee. Terming the case "not an isolated instance of arbitrary, unjust and unfair conduct on the part of Judge Geiger." Mr. Cummings declared, "this course of conduct is so obstructive to the administration of justice that I could not justify a failure to bring it to your attention...
...London. With the co-operation of local authorities in the vulnerable cities, camp grounds will be laid out in the open country; food, water and sanitation arranged; facilities for transporting the civilian population set up. During the first & second readings tax-burdened local governments protested hotly that it was "unfair" to saddle them with the maintenance of civilians evacuated from other areas. To quiet these complaints Home Secretary Sir Samuel boosted the proportionate share to be paid by the Government for the cost of the plan from...
...exception. Stopfidget, a scurrilous rakehell who has been exiled to Blight, flies back to England with his hungry balloonist friend, Sweazle. The crown jewels are stolen. Clarendon grabs the throne. London burns. The feminine plebs, weary of the Duke of Clarendon's despotism, picket him with ribald signs: Unfair to Organized Love; We Want Charles; Want Him BAD. Charles is restored and the "semi-opera" ends with the cast singing, as usual, Old Nassau...