Word: unfair
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...high as $75 or 500 percent of face value. The absurd prices prompted others to make their own mythical sales: “Selling formal ticket—first -born child/OBO.” Jokes aside, this behavior should not be tolerated for three reasons: It takes unfair advantage of our peers, particularly those on significant financial aid; it blemishes our sense of community; and it encourages the perpetrating students to continue their behavior...
...truly unexpected event, though, came in the Outstanding British Film category. The inclusion of heavyweight Slumdog among the five nominees seemed almost unfair, as if Stephen Hawking were to show up at your local pub quiz. Everyone was so busy assuming that Slumdog would walk away with the prize, it took a moment to register when Sharon Stone announced that Man on Wire - the critically acclaimed documentary about Frenchman Philip Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers - had actually nabbed the BAFTA. The film's director James Marsh was so unprepared that when he hopped onto...
...also hope that the message to corporate executives will be clear: Taxpayers expect discipline, especially from a sector that has come to be seen by many as inept or irresponsible. Otherwise, the distribution of public funds becomes, in the president’s words, “unfair...
...homeowner who has always made mortgage payments on time, perhaps by sacrificing spending elsewhere, the whole concept may seem grossly unfair. But society's problems are unfortunately often our own. As the foreclosure rate has skyrocketed, and loan defaults have rippled from subprime mortgages into ones made to prime and near-prime borrowers, property values in many parts of the country have been pounded. There is an unavoidable correction going on in house prices, that much is true, but the swoon has caused additional problems as it traps many flailing borrowers in their homes. Simply selling your home when...
...India's toy industry, which employs some 2 million people, has been complaining of unfair competition since China joined the WTO in 2001. "Plenty of people lost their livelihoods when the Chinese swamped the market," says Subhash Gorwaney of Khazana, which manufactures wooden educational toys, "They offered similar products, more variety, unbelievably low prices, but also lower quality." He added that the competition has not been without benefit. Indian manufacturers "have changed their methods, introduced innovations, and overall the bar has been raised...