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Word: unfairly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jesse L. Jackson charged during the last campaign that the party's system of giving delegates only to those candidates who garner a certain percentage of votes in state primaries was unfair...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Party Chief Calls For Democratic Unification | 10/4/1985 | See Source »

...realize it may be unfair, even offensive, to lump all varieties of outdoorsy types (cowboys, farmers, horses) into one category. But as is often the case when I am unfair and offensive, I simply don't care...

Author: By Ari Z. Posner, | Title: My Country Tis of Tree | 9/26/1985 | See Source »

Banning licenses in Harvard Square arbitrarily, as the Superior Court said, is unfair. The Defense Fund and the commission should judge each case on its merits and not just instinctively deny everyone the right to sell liquor...

Author: By Daniel B. Wroblewski, | Title: All This for a Pint O' Beer | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

...actually killed Belushi could have been administered only by Belushi himself or by someone other than Smith. She may wind up being tried on 13 counts of illegally supplying drugs, but the murder charge may not stick. Many friends watched Belushi plunge into his drug nightmare, and it is unfair, says Defense Lawyer Howard Weitzman, to single out Cathy Smith. Said he: "The guilty person, unfortunately, is dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Justice: Who Killed John Belushi? | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

...popular clamor, according to most Congressmen, is for legis lation to protect industries--and jobs--threatened by foreign competition. Reagan, an avowed free trader, tried to deflate congressional pressure last week by threatening to retaliate against several countries, including Japan, if they do not curtail unfair trade barriers against various U.S. products, ranging from leather shoes to canned fruit. But Congress will not be easily assuaged. Declares Louisiana Democrat Buddy Roemer: "My district says that America is Uncle Sam, not Uncle Sucker. Lead, Mr. President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The President's Hardest Sell | 9/16/1985 | See Source »

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