Word: unfairness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This vision of "a virtual caste system" is appalling, Herrnstein admits, because it "reminds us of aristocracies, privileged classes, unfair advantages and disadvantages of birth." But there is a difference: the new aristocracy's prerogatives would stem from genuine ability and hence, Herrnstein seems to imply, would be fair enough. In a warning, perhaps unintended, to those who might rebel, he writes that "the privileged classes of the past were probably not much superior biologically to the downtrodden, which is why revolutions had a fair chance of success." Herrnstein's implication is clear: rebellion against the new intellectual...
...Gardner once had to apologize for a staff goof that permitted the Democratic National Committee to use his mailing list for fund raising. He has been vulnerable on another count: Lyn Nofziger of the Republican National Committee has charged him with creating a personality cult. That accusation is undoubtedly unfair. But it is true that John Gardner's personal prestige and organizational skill have been essential in attracting supporters to Common Cause. While he persuasively disclaims personal political ambitions, there is continued speculation that he might emerge as a sort of citizens' candidate for the presidency...
...Scurrilous, slanted, unfair and sensationalized . . . designed to undermine public confidence in me," sizzled FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover after reading an article in the National Observer. What particularly irked Hoover was the retelling of an anecdote from former Attorney General Francis Biddle's 1962 book In Brief Authority. It seems an FBI agent had gone to tap the telephone of Left-Wing Longshoreman Harry Bridges and dropped an incriminating FBI letterhead during his visit. Biddle and Hoover rushed to the office of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to explain. Tickled, F.D.R. supposedly slapped Hoover on the back and said...
Clearly, the youth fares are unfair to older people. The U.S. Department of Transportation wants U.S. and foreign lines either to eliminate the youth fares or extend them to all North Atlantic passengers. The department urges that youth fares be replaced by a more equitable "standby" fare. Under it, any customer without a reservation could go to the airport and take his chances on getting a seat. After passengers with reservations were loaded onto a flight, the airline would fill up empty seats with stand-by customers on a first-come, first-served basis-and at a substantial reduction...
...Stirling Moss stepped on the gas and passed the slowpoke. Unfortunately, the leisurely motorist turned out to be an off-duty policeman, who charged Moss with crossing a double white line. Haled into court, one of the world's most famous drivers had his license taken away. "Terribly unfair," grumbled Moss, who had to be chauffeured home by his attorney. "At the moment I'm riding a bicycle and it's bloody awful...