Word: unfairness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...victorious negative speakers attacked the rebate plan on three counts. They asserted that it was unconstitutional, unfair, and impractical...
...Shall the lawmakers tell us what to think?" he asked. In some states there is a law prohibiting schoolbooks that defame the American conduct in the War of 1812. This invades the individual right to know the truth, and gives rise to false patriotism, and an unfair bias on history. Not only is our thought so regulated, but even such intimate matters as our food and living conditions are controlled by laws on milk and heating of homes. In performing its duties as a government, our government should not become a nursemaid...
...your manners are bad. You are flippant and you have no compunction in saying things which you know are offensive to a large and intelligent group of your readers. You take advantage of the attractiveness of your paper in other respects to exhibit an unfair and contemptuous spirit toward Catholics...
...cent of all importations on the free list." Due to this tariff protection, the value of the farm crop is 30% higher than it was in 1921; our national wealth is greater than that of Great Britain, France, Germany, and Italy combined. 3) A restrictive immigration law which prevents unfair competition with our labor. 4) Help for the farmers by extension of $500,000,000 in rural credits and permitting co-operative marketing without conflict with the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. 5) A policy of economy which has reduced expenditure per annum from...
...spoke Lincoln Ellsworth, sturdy comrade and financial backer of Explorer Roald Amundsen: "General Nobile . . . was retained at a salary to act as her [the Norge's] captain, in exactly the same capacity as the captain of any other ship. ... It would be extremely unfair to [Lieut.] Riiser-Larsen, who navigated the entire flight across the Polar Sea, and to [Lieuts.] Horgan and Wisting who operated the lateral and vertical controls, not to give credit for both the navigating and the steering where...