Word: unfairly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...deeply disappointed." As if to prove Washington's point, police arrested a lone demonstrator in Tiananmen Square last week and beat foreign journalists who were watching. Also marking the anniversary, Amnesty International reported that thousands of political prisoners are still in jail in China. Says the organization: "Unfair trial, torture, long-term detention without charge or trial and summary executions continue...
...Washington, Democrats in Congress introduced a bill that would permit renewal of most-favored-nation status for China only if it dramatically improves its respect for human rights, stops selling nuclear and missile technology abroad, halts unfair trade practices and gives up its pattern of copyright violations. Democratic leaders fully expect the bill to pass, but Bush is just as likely to veto it. As in past showdowns over China, Congress will probably lack the votes to override the President...
...course, in some cases those who bring charges of date rape are intentionally or unintentionally distorting what can be murky facts. But the answer should not be to adopt a standard unfair to those victims who have been raped but who could not express their anger, fear or unwillingness. Thus the date Rape Task Force was right to adopt a definition of rape as any sexual act "that occurs without the expressed consent of the person..." This makes it incumbent on initiators of sex to obtain a specific...
...latest spate of accusations of insensitivity has demanded much attention," Johnson says. "But in the long run, although the charges are unfair, I believe it will make us more professional at the department...
...protesters, and some Law School professors,say the criteria used in hiring are unfair anddiscriminate against candidates who are not partof an "old-boy" network. Some professors arguethat a woman must be "twice as qualified" as a manin order to be hired...