Word: unfairness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...contrast to the islands was unfair, but in three hours I had changed worlds, and I was forced to make comparisons. Were the Gucci shoes and the Lilly sportcoat as expressive as the proud fisherman's beard and straw hat? And the weaver and the crazy woman-was their squabble the same as a joust of honking between a Mercedes and a Bentley? No, emphatically, no. Not Palm Beach: this extravagance could not have the same depth as the simple, slow, island rituals. The islanders' foibles had communicated their self-knowledge. Here, I felt that the foilbes denied that knowledge...
...third black worker present, Charles Parks, told Coleman that McNeil's assignment to a "racist" union-taught remedial-math course was unfair, as other workers were going to schools closer to their homes, Colemanreplied that while it is licensed by the state, the school nearest McNeil's house is not recognized by Harvard's Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee (JATC), and a transfer would have to be brought up before the JATC...
...exchange refuses Stein's application-as it seems likely to do-it may well invite an antitrust suit, on grounds of perpetuating unfair competition. The issues are so basic that they call for action both by the Congress and the new chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, who is expected to be appointed this week...
...point. Americans widely ignore laws they dislike, whether against gambling or marijuana. The nicest people steal: roughly 75% of insurance claims are partly fraudulent. Uncaught employees pocket $1 billion a year from their employers. To poor offenders who go to jail without bail the system is unfair, and the legal process strengthens that opinion. If a man cannot afford a good lawyer, he is pressured to plead guilty without a trial, as do 90% of all criminal defendants. He then discovers that for the same crime, different judges hand out wildly disparate sentences, from which 31 states and the federal...
...rescue that could well cost the taxpayers at least three times as much. Without such aid, said Deputy Defense Secretary David Packard, Lockheed faced bankruptcy, and other defense subcontractors could go under in its wake. Last week, however, Lockheed rejected the Pentagon's proffered $558 million settlement as unfair because the company would have to absorb a $200 million loss. Lockheed announced that it will sue for more generous terms...