Word: unfairly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...draft has been subjected to every kind of criticism since its enactment last June; Mr. Conant's opposition springs from his belief that it is discriminatory. He has said that the wide discretion vested in local boards may bring undesirable and unfair pressure upon them. By deferring college students until the end of their academic year and exempting married men, he feels that the law will turn both institutions into havens for draft dodgers. And drafting a man in the middle of his college career is disruptive not only to his education but also to the college or university itself...
...some subway riders have felt moved to give capsule reviews of the film such as "This stinks." But I am also referring more generally to that great new indoor sport called "Pinning the Tail on Orson," which was conceived by "Life" magazine. Its approach to the film was exceedingy unfair and just another proof that Mr. Luce's big, slobbering monster ought to have its claws trimmed and its pants changed before being let into the parlor...
...Representatives set up a special committee to investigate subversive propaganda, in May of 1938, about the only complaint came from Fritz Kuhn, leader of the rambunctious German-American Bund. Kuhn charged that the man who mid-wived the new group, Representative Samuel Dickstein of New York, was engaged in unfair persecution of the Bund. Indeed, Dickstein had been attacking the Bund furiously. It was his idea that a small body of Representatives peering into "un-American activities" would scorch and harry Nazi and Fascist propagandists in the United States, and if Dickstein had been appointed chairman, the American public would...
...Petition, presented to Dean Watson Friday afternoon at his office, declared it is "unfair to charge full room rental for a bed, a chair and a locker . . ." The students further declared that they had been unable to unpack and their trunks were stored in Straus Hall basement...
Declaring it is "unfair to charge full room rental for a hod, a chair, and a locker," the petition, signed by 79 residents of the gym, said "we are willing to pay a proportionate rate...