Word: unfairness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nixon also raised the possibility of creating export subsidies for U.S. industries that must compete against subsidized foreign companies. As he put it: "We have got to see to it that the American workman is not driven out of competition because an unfair advantage is obtained by a workman abroad...
Second, the scientists said that it was unfair to criticize their testimony since many calculations of ABM opponents were based on technical information released by the Administration. According to the scientists, much of this information was "incorrect or incomplete...
...having altered data in order to gain support for the ABM system. In testifying before the Senate, Weisner had said that Foster at one point estimated the number of Soviet SS-9 missiles at 500 and later changed this estimate to 600. According to ORSA, this charge was unfair because Foster was talking about estimates for different years...
Oliver was a witness tailor-made for Bailey's dramatic methods. On the stand, he startled the prosecution by declaring: "This whole proceeding is completely unfair. [The prosecution] knows he is innocent as well as I do." Bailey introduced as testimony part of a lie-detector test, which indicated that Oliver had told the truth about the boy's killing. When Eckhardt showed that the same test also indicated that Oliver harbored feelings of "tremendous hostility" toward the prosecution, a violent shouting match ensued between Eckhardt and Bailey in which Eckhardt accused Oliver of deliberately trying to obstruct...
Artful Hurdles. U.S. charges of unfair treatment by the Europeans are far less conclusive. By next January, the Common Market's industrial tariffs will average 8.3%-almost identical to the U.S.'s 8.4%. On the other hand, through a system of "variable taxes," the Common Market restricts imports of U.S. grain, beef, pork, poultry, lard and dairy products. Duties on them rise or fall to ensure that their prices are no lower than the inflated prices of comparable EEC goods. American imports are also blocked by a plethora of nontariff devices: border taxes, health regulations and artificial technical...