Search Details

Word: unfair (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...shock therapy I'm referring to the economic policies that were really seen by many Iraqis as a continuation of the war, like the huge layoffs in the public sector, the dismantling of the army, the opening up of the country to unrestricted free trade. It was an extraordinarily unfair way for Iraqis to enter the free market. And it was really seen as a kind of a pillage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Naomi Klein on 'Disaster Capitalism' | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

...race is irrelevant to the Vick scandal is silly—the fact of the matter is that black people and white people saw it differently, and that means something. A Pew Research Center poll had 51 percent of African Americans saying the coverage of Vick was unfair in contrast to only 12 percent of whites. A New York Times/CBS News poll also showed similarly large disparities...

Author: By Aparicio J. Davis | Title: Bridging the Perception Gap | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

...undisputed that the petitioner will suffer physical pain from breast engorgement if she is not permitted additional time,” he wrote. “Such physical pain constitutes an unfair burden on the mental energies required for this examination...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HMS Student Wins in Court | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

...cuts the cost per mug and would dramatically increase the number of seniors who could be accommodated (presumably any senior who is interested). Either of these systems would have been far superior to what the pub actually did—although we prefer the first solution. Finally, it is unfair to all seniors that the hall subscriptions were sold uneventfully in the middle of class time during shopping period. Both the lack of publicity and poor timing doubtlessly disenfranchised many seniors from the option of purchasing a subscription. A better way to handle the sale, given the limited number...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Whose Hall? | 9/23/2007 | See Source »

...Much of the British press took a different line, accusing King of a clumsy flip-flop; some even suggested he should ponder his future. Both suggestions seem unfair. The cash made available to the banks is being put up at a punitive rate, meaning those that access the funds will be charged interest well above the central bank's base rate of 5.75%. And it's hardly a jackpot; banks are limited in how much they can draw on. The cash boost, says David Buik at BGC Partners in London, is "purely symbolic." Besides, Buik says, how much help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming Clean On Northern Rock | 9/22/2007 | See Source »

Previous | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | Next