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Word: unfairly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Field with the comic timing of Soupy Sales-and somehow looks like both. Together they demonstrate that even treacle pudding can pack some savor. Only Kaleena Kiff, 7, is a problem. She is not unbearable; she is not a toy saint; she is just not there. Perhaps it is unfair to ask a child to carry the weight of a sitcom-unless he weighs 200 Ibs., like the newborn creature played by Jonathan Winters on Mork and Mindy (ABC, Thursdays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Exit Smutcoms, Enter Sweetcoms | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

...talk that has effectively mesmerized the world for years. In the Atlantic, Mr. Stockman speaks of "mismanagement modality" and the "wrong atmospherics." Stick to that sort of language, and you cannot lose. In a way, Mr. Stockman is paying a penalty for wishing to sound more comprehensible, which seems unfair, but is, in his own words, how the world works. The danger of being comprehensible is that people will understand you. -By Roger Rosenblatt

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: A Horse in Sheep's Clothing | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

...Aviv. I would like for the American people to understand who really runs their Government. When we look at the American people, we admire them as peace-loving, intelligent, industrious and accomplished. But we see certain elected representatives who want to impose policies that contradict U.S. interests. This is unfair to the American people. Those, who opposed the deal should bear the responsibility before the American people and before history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americans: The Greatest Danger | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

Charging that the proposal was weak, unfair, and impractical, Professor Michael Piore of MIT; Julian Soshnick, former chairman of the New England Association of Immigration and Nationality Lawyers; and Rick Swartz, founding member of the National Forum on Immigration and Refugee Policy, agreed that the plan would accomplish very little, and might even escalate rising numbers of illegal aliens...

Author: By Benjamin B. Sherwood ii, | Title: Immigration Debate | 11/6/1981 | See Source »

...Though the alternatives being offered by Hatfield and Domenici differ in specifics, both want to slice more out of the defense budget than the $2 billion requested by Reagan. Predicted Dole: "The Democrats are just going to sit back and see what we propose and then tell us how unfair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reaganomics: Too Many Voices | 10/19/1981 | See Source »

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