Word: unfairness
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...with a thesaurus and without any discretion on when to use it. At times, the hyperbole becomes downright nauseating: "Gretchen was crestfallen. All that hard work...that marksmanship...why, she could almost feel the red ripeness of the watermelon dribbling down her chin... Sometimes island living could be so unfair." Similar silly prose dominates the book, which is an easy read if you can keep from gouging your own eyes out. In addition, annoying quirks like referring to the first chapter as "Evolution One" and Probst as "Chief Jeff" challenge the patience of even the trashiest reader...
...mouse") game between Bush and Gore, the two finally agreed on the conditions of the debates on Oct. 3, 11 and 17. The Commission on Presidential Debates requires any candidate to carry at least a 15 percent rating in the public opinion polls in order to participate. This is unfair to American citizens as well as to the candidates for the following reasons...
...controversial spot Bush himself killed three weeks ago. This is the ad made by RNC image guru Alex Castellanos, which was actually shipped out to 350 TV stations before Bush finally yanked it. One argument was that it was just too nasty; the other was that it was unfair, since it featured a clip of Gore defending Clinton's truthfulness as if it referred to the Lewinsky scandal. The problem was that the interview was from 1994, not 1998, long before anyone had ever heard of the White House intern. But the ad tested so well with focus groups that...
...wrote a column the other day saying I thought the Bush-is-a-moron business (can't pronounce big words, malaprops hilariously) was a little unfair. The sight of a lynch mob is always distressing, especially when they're looking to string up a dyslexic. Even if he does wear cowboy boots...
...problem, Kors says, is that no independent body evaluates evidence in a student's disciplinary case. They also point to the possibility of the General Counsel's involvement in Ad Board proceedings as creating an unfair environment...