Word: unfairness
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Whatever the cause, some parents - of nonallergic children - grouse that it's unfair of the school to deprive healthy children of their favorite peanuty snacks. "Parents get very passionate and angry when their kids can't bring peanut butter to school," says Mike Tringale, director of external affairs at the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. "But you wouldn't throw razor blades all over the gymnasium. For these allergic kids, putting peanut butter in the cafeteria is the same thing...
...come into play. In all honesty, what is the real difference (disregarding legality, of course) between a Red Bull for us and a steroid for them? The motivations are the same, and the attempt to portray steroids some sort of perversion of our own hyper-striving culture is an unfair...
...metals-mining industry is wary even of Rahall's amended bill, saying the fees would still be either exorbitant or unfair. "An 8% royalty for prospective mines ... would be the highest in the world. For existing mines, business plans were undertaken without figuring in paying a 4% royalty - that would be unacceptable to us," says National Mining Association spokesman Luke Popovich. "The World Bank has already said for countries seeking to have a sustainable mining industry that a gross royalty is confiscatory. If we're going to have a royalty fine, but let's put it where it's fair...
...candy. Of the 98 students in three lecture classes, those offered chocolate gave responses that were on average approximately 4 percent more positive, even though the sections were taught by the same teaching assistant. “Based on our results, I think it’s really unfair if instructors are compared against one another where some have been impacted by these [factors],” said one of the study’s authors Benjamin D. Jee, now a post-doctoral fellow at Northwestern University. Students in the experiment were told that the chocolate was left over from...
...green of the par-five sixth hole, contributed to higher scores. The hole, positioned on a steep down slope on the green, prevented anyone putting from above the hole to stop the ball close to the cup. “Some of these hole positions were borderline unfair,” Shuman said. “Anyone above the hole was looking at a six-foot comebacker up the hill [just to save a two-putt].” According to Shuman, tournament officials moved the hole location before the women’s field began playing the hole. Though...