Word: unfair
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...anything away, to China or any other country. . . . I've discussed these proposals with President Hoover but no solution has been found.'' Others have suggested that wheat be fed to cattle since it is now cheaper than some other feeds. Mr. Legge rejects that scheme as unfair to the raisers of other feeds...
...unfair to Prince Liechtenstein of Liechtenstein to call the Dreyfus collection the "greatest private collection in the world," but Duveen Brothers got a good deal for their money. The collection is notably strong in sculpture: Verrocchio, Donatello, Leonardo da Vinci, Mino da Fiesole, Bertoldo di Giovanni, Andrea Riccio. Painters include: Giovanni Bellini, Fra Filippo Lippi, Pesellino, Ghirlandaio. There is also a collection of medals and small bronzes which art critics call irreplaceable...
...taxi industry he had to keep vigorously alive Taxi Weekly's battle for limitation of cab licenses, for higher rates.* He had to keep a critical eye upon efforts of various agencies to "organize" the city's taximen. He had to maintain his perpetual guard against unfair treatment of drivers by police. Most difficult and important of all, he had to continue striving to hold the confidence of four conflicting elements in the city's cab business: the driver, the owner-driver, the fleet owner, the company operator...
...year Russian manganese concession in 1925 but gave it up at a loss after three years, because the Soviet Government resorted to "petty abuses," imposed "impossible conditions." Today the Anglo-U. S. concessionaires of the Lena Gold Fields claim that they are being forced out by means equally "unfair...
...full year's work in any course is evident to no one more than to the student suffering from a hard three-hour grind in New Lecture Hall. Three hours at the end of a year and proceeded by an abbreviated period of the most intensive cramming is unfair to the undergraduate, perhaps ungifted with a glib pen, who has worked steadily throughout the year and can be said to possess a comprehensive and appreciative knowledge of his subject. The final examination is, too, a boon to the man who makes a desperate last minute effort, attended by a visit...