Word: unfairly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There are many tax laws, which, though justified 25 years ago, today grant unfair benefits to some and impose undue burdens on others. One such tax law, which the President has specifically mentioned, concerns abuses by tax-exempt private foundations. He did not, however, mention tax-exempt churches or charitable organizations, which practice similar abuses. A tax-exempt foundation or organization can run a profitable business, then use those tax-exempt profits to purchase another business...
...foundation, therefore, can often afford to pay a substantially higher price in acquiring businesses than a tax-paying enterprise. To eliminate this unfair advantage, the Treasury Department has recommended legislation requiring private foundations to dispose of substantial business interests which are unrelated to their exempt activities. Congress has not acted on the proposal...
...setting of standards of scholarship and conduct for the students who attend them and through the regulation of the use of institutional facilities. In the exceptional circumstances when the preferred means fail to resolve problems of student conduct, proper procedural safeguards should be observed to protect the student from unfair imposition of serious penalties...
...Restrictions are highly varied and often arbitrary. The reason is that although the Federal Government pays 58% of the welfare bills, it has allowed the states almost complete freedom in deciding aid eligibility. The 14th Amendment forbids unreasonable state discrimination against individuals. But not only have some states enacted unfair eligibility provisions; they have also administered their own valid rules unfairly...
...Jordan's King Hussein, whose country fought the hardest and lost the most in the war against Israel. Hussein offered no alibis, made no excuses, used no intemperate language. He is privately disgusted at the postwar performance of his fellow Arabs: their invective, their whining-they considered it unfair of Israel to have used pilots who spoke Arabic to confuse their foes-and their wild threats to fight again tomorrow. "It is apparent," said Hussein, "that we have not yet learned well enough how to use the weapons of modern warfare...