Word: unfair
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...judgment on the Volstead Act ought to have in view impending disruption and obvious corruption as well as intricacies in wording of the law itself. And Judge Parker, from all that can be discovered, seems neither broadminded nor first-rate, and although certainly it is unfair for partisan purposes to criticize appointments to this tribunal certainly also, when men of large calibre are available, a second-rate Circuit Judge should not be promoted because North Carolina went Republican a year ago last fall...
...Cornell of the West" in your recent article about David Starr Jordan (TIME, March 17). I wish to take exception to that title. . . . Stanford resembles no institutions in this country or any other. It is far more advanced than many and so hopelessly outclasses Cornell that it is unfair to Stanford to be called a counterpart of that school. With due respect to Cornell graduates, there are few who can go to the far corners of the earth and be considered outstanding because of their college, and that is the case of Stanford men. It is sufficient recommendation...
...deeply resent this eleventh-hour and unwarranted interference by Washington bureaucracy! I object to Mr. Templeton's unfair interjection into this case. He has no right here! I request the court...
...Passion of Joan of Arc" is the exception that proves the rule--the rule that movies are not art. In fact, it is a bit unfair, without this foreword, to call "Joan" a "movie," for "movie" connotes squawking, sexy, sentimentality, while "Joan of Arc" is history and literature...
...explain what is the total amount needed, state what would be the share of each member, and ask those who can to put up more than the average contribution. Many of the class will be doing graduate work for the next few years; and it seems to us quite unfair to ask the same contribution from these men and from those who will be on their feet more quickly...