Word: unfair
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Sharif first suggested that he would boycott the elections nearly two weeks ago, the day President Pervez Musharraf was sworn in for his second term as President. It was a protest against Musharraf's state of emergency, which Sharif said would limit campaigning and make the elections unfair. Even though Musharraf announced on the same day that the emergency would be lifted on December 16, Sharif maintained that without the restoration of the Supreme Court, which the President dismissed when he suspended the constitution and declared the state of emergency, elections would legitimize Musharraf's actions...
...word - meaning that some of the burden will have to be shared by developing nations whose rapid economic growth will make them responsible for the majority of future carbon emissions. China has continued to insist that it will not accept mandatory caps on emissions, which it sees as an unfair limit to its natural economic growth (a position essentially shared by Washington, which also opposes mandatory caps). One positive change from a decade ago, however, is that most developing nations know just how vulnerable they are to the consequences of climate change - including a China facing a long-term water...
...Willey, however, is quick to point out that characterizing the Sundquist-Sarafa ticket as unbeatable this early on is “unfair...
...With these twin triumphs, a city steeped in a tradition of losing found itself immersed, uncomfortably but happily, in a culture of winning.But those aren’t my only sports memories from freshman year. I also remember a spotless 10-0 Harvard football season, led by the truly unfair tandem of Ryan Fitzpatrick ’05 and Clifton Dawson ’07. And I remember my first exposure to The Game, a 35-3 demolition of the last obstacle between the Crimson and the Ivy title.The truth is, Harvard had a culture of winning...
...Matty McCollem did all the work,” McCafferty said. “He was the one that got hit, he was the one that was lying on the ice. So all the dirty work was him—I just got the glory, which is unfair.”What the night’s victory masked, however, was the inability of the Harvard offense to convert on its scoring chances. The Crimson started on the right note, with senior winger Jon Pelle cleaning up a rebound at the left post just 3:25 into the game...