Word: unfair
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...points before the eyes of university authorities. For all save these who qualify by high scholastic ability for regular scholarships, pecuniary support must be sought outside university treasuries. Today, that is a harsh judgment, but one which is too well buttressed by practical considerations to be regarded as wholly unfair...
Your statement "commonest objection to legalizing pari-mutuel betting on horse races; it might pave the way for gambling on dog races, slot-machines, lotteries," in March 20 issue of TIME is grossly unfair to dog racing...
Pick Up (Paramount). Mary Richards (Sylvia Sidney) gets through with an unfair jail sentence, makes friends with a taxi-driver named Harry (George Raft), starts living with him. He takes up with a Society Girl. Mary's husband breaks out of jail, furious at Mary for being unfaithful, determined to kill her lover. Mary saves Harry's life by pretending to be reconciled with her husband. Then Harry saves Mary in court, when she is accused of having assisted her spouse's jailbreak. All this, cheaply written by Vina Delmar, adds up to another program picture distinguished...
...bombing, now being pressed anew. Mooney, as is well-known, is serving a life-sentence in San Quentin jail after a much-disputed conviction in 1917. The opinion of all but Californians is that the prisoner, if not plainly innocent, is at least the victim of an atrociously unfair trial, in which State's witnesses gave perjured testimony, evidence for the defense was suppressed, and the issued clouded over with hysteria. Now the case is going to be reopened...
...personal charm and persuasiveness by no means wholly explained Mr. Roosevelt's wooing & winning the country. It would be grossly unfair to discount the genuine desire of the average Congressman to be helpful in time of crisis. And where this desire was weak or the Congressman's honest convictions obstructive, President Roosevelt held behind his back the most puissant of political weapons- Patronage, the thousands & thousands of Federal jobs the distribution of which Congressmen may propose, the President dispose...