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Word: unfairnesses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Broadly suggested again that the U.S. should end the draft, which he described as "wasteful, inefficient, and often unfair." Then he hedged his bets, called for "a fresh and open-minded look at the weapons revolution and the whole problem of military manpower." ¶Proposed a moratorium on H-bomb tests; the U.S. can detect Russian violations, and if "the Russians don't go along, then at least the world will know we tried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: The Human Pinwheel | 10/8/1956 | See Source »

...unfair to say," Rogers told newsmen at a luncheon in his honor, "that competition might well be substituted for complacency" in a British economy that is largely burdened by "timeconsuming inefficiency. If larger and more efficient firms in the United Kingdom were to stop holding umbrellas over the less efficient and were to expose them to real competition, it would strengthen your country's position in world trade and bring better standards of living at home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Consumers, Arise! | 10/8/1956 | See Source »

Your article on Senator Kefauver characterizes him as a rather sinister, continually scheming individual, which is unfair. I suppose fair-haired Richard Nixon is in on the race for his health (more likely, another's health...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 1, 1956 | 10/1/1956 | See Source »

...University lot by November 19. If these lots were less expensive (private parking costs $50, the University's $30) and were nearer than the Business or Divinity Schools the plan might have been worthwhile. But as is, the Administration's policy is merely short-sighted, faint-hearted, and unfair...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Big Squeeze | 9/26/1956 | See Source »

...Japanese judge the private life of a geisha by the discretion of her indiscretions. Occidentals have been known to ignore her rigorous dance and song training and to lump her with the common prostitute, but this is patently unfair. Together with the hetaerae of ancient Greece and the courtesans of France, the geisha belongs to the aristocracy of dalliance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sad Gay Ladies of Japan | 9/24/1956 | See Source »

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