Word: unfairness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Lewis Engman, the earnest chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, has proposed a ban on TV advertising that entices kids to send in for notions. Engman worries that such a sales pitch is unfair to children in part because it capitalizes "upon their propensity to confuse reality and fantasy...
...moved in, the tutor had gone out of his way to have an influence over his life. That was what Harvard was all about--who could wield the most amount of influence over others. And students had few opportunities to control professors or administrators. The system was just unfair...
...briefings presented by Counsel John Doar and Albert Jenner-as opposed to the interrogation of witnesses that is to come later-would quickly bore a television audience. St. Clair argues that the hearings are not "substantial" and would not hurt Nixon's case, while leaks of information are unfair to his position. Still retaining control of the committee, Chairman Rodino intends to pursue inquiries into such areas as the ITT and milk price support controversies in closed meetings...
...March 20 ABC television News Closeup special on "Oil: The Policy Crisis." The ABC program indicted Government oil policies, blaming them and the major oil companies for leading the nation into last winter's energy crisis. Offended by ABC's interpretation, Mobil listed 32 "particularly inaccurate or unfair" statements in the broadcast. Astonishingly, the council's decision, written by National Review Publisher William Rusher, concluded that it would not be worthwhile to "comment on the issue of the precise accuracy or fairness of the individual statements" in the program. Instead the council said that "ABC kept well...
...Clarify the obligation of accountants to take a hard look at transactions that company managers ask them to approve. The SEC contends that Peat, Marwick failed to give "due professional consideration to the economic substance" of several Penn Central "transactions, schemes and ... devices." Peat, Marwick says the charges are "unfair...