Word: unfairly
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Revelation is not subject to the whims of expediency: it is unlikely to be hurried to affect a political campaign. Members of the priesthood must love all people, and it is easy to see why the Lord would consider it unfair to require this of Negroes at this time. We can be sure the priesthood will be granted the Negro at the best time for his welfare, not when TIME deems it right. Any Mormon who calls it a "problem" that doctrine can be changed only by revelation is not a good Mormon-revelation is the heart of our church...
Deceptively Simple. No one denies that a presidential contest-with costly TV and radio commercials-requires vast amounts of money, or that basic changes are needed to ensure that wealthy candidates do not enjoy unfair advantages. The Long Act, named for Senate Finance Chairman Russell Long, sought to solve the problem in a deceptively simple manner. Basically, it allowed each taxpayer to check a box on his federal income tax return allotting $1 (on joint returns, $2) of his tax payment for presidential campaigns. The taxpayer could not denote what party or what candidate he wanted to receive his money...
...seems patently unfair that a victory at the Indianapolis 500 should be worth six figures, while the top prize in last week's East African Safari was only $3,000. Granted, the driver who wrestles a skittish racing car around a track at speeds up to 200 m.p.h. faces certain hazards - but he doesn't have to worry about sailing off a cliff. Or colliding head-on with an elephant. Or being attacked by the spectators...
Other efforts for "institutional reform" are directed against merchants and landlords who allegedly exploit the poor. "What do those ... think they're doing suing me," one mercant supposedly fumed when told of a test case against him for unfair selling practices...
...soon named director of freshman scholarships, a post in which he had to read about half the applications for every class. For this half he developed an important loyalty. "There is something about the freshmen on scholarships," he says, "not that they're more interesting--that's unfair to the rest. But they add variety to the class, somehow hold it together...