Word: unfairness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Heaven forbid! We all know that to dehumanize athletics to the level of mere battling instincts is an unfair judgment. Why, athletics is more than visible conflict. It's a character building experience, where a young man can assert himself proudly, experience the various effects of life situations (struggle, victory, defeat, reward and punishment), and withdraw a stronger person for the new understanding. Praise belongs to the athlete, for as Teddy Roosevelt said," ...if he fails, at least (the athlete) fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory...
...those who are familiar with the case and believe that Sacco and Vanzetti were innocent and victims of an unfair trial, there are many tantalizing possibilities which may well have changed the verdict...
...reconvert other parking meters around the city to pre-Aug. 15 prices. > In Hopkinton, N.H., some 30,000 New Englanders flocked to a county fair over the Labor Day weekend. After visitors complained that this year's $2 admission charge, 50¢ more than last year's, was an unfair fair fare, the event's organizers offered a refund last week to anyone who could present a ticket stub. Since few people had retained their stubs, fair officials were still trying to figure out what to do with $10,000 of unclaimed but illegally collected cash...
...begin in Los Angeles. The attorneys will be arbitrators rather than judges pro tem, but the proceedings will be carried out much like civil trials without juries. The main difference: the monetary judgment will not be subject to appeal except on the contention that the hearing process itself was unfair. Regular court officials fully back the experiment, and will steer cases into the new system by refusing continuances in pending suits starting this week; except in unusual circumstances, any attorney wanting a delay will have to go to arbitration. Los Angeles trial lawyers, who selected the 100 arbitrators from their...
...same time, Robert B. Watson '37, director of Athletics said. "The situation is obviously very unfair...