Word: unfairness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...amount of initiative and intellectual curiosity ever break the chain that leads them either directly into a job or to the ministrations of a local academy of higher learning. Any measures towards removing the handicaps in the path of this type of candidate will both help to remove an unfair disadvantage and secure for the college desirable members...
From the listeners: "Unfair! Sit down! Vote! Hear...
...administration of important activities would bring about a decline in the quality of competitors for the important positions. Many of the able men of the college have sufficient means to enable them to go through college without help. These men would be inclined to feel that it would be unfair for them to compete against men who were actually in needs of funds. Even in the absence of pure altruism, such men might use this aspect of the situation to justify a lack of initiative on their part. Work in an undergraduate activity for pay might seem detrimental to their...
...know, feel it ought to be extended rapidly. But it is not wise in a democracy to go too far in front of public opinion. The British public is slow to make up its mind, but it is thinking hard. . . . Today even Labor wants to restrict the effect of unfair competition from abroad. Only the Liberals would repeal the Safeguarding Act entirely. The Government is ready to facilitate safeguarding if individual industries prove the necessity of their being protected...
...Rejected by standard tire companies as unfair and uneconomical. . . . Abused by unscrupulous drivers. ... An unfair sales inducement rather than a protection for the buyer. . . . There are no miles in a bottle of ink. You cannot put mileage into tires by written guarantees-it must be built...