Word: unjust
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...supports the war, believing it to be a just war," had been Secretary Pollitt's policy. On the orders of Stalin, Pollitt made a complete recantation, swore allegiance to the revised British Communist Party line, which declares: "The present war is not a just, defensive war, but an unjust and imperialist war in which Britain and Germany are fighting for . . . colonies and world domination...
...cent interest on loans that are, for all practical purposes, unsecured. If the borrowing student is a minor, his promissory note has no validity in court; and although, legally, the student's bondsmen can be held responsible for his debt, the University has refrained from such action as unjust to the bondsmen and injurious to its public relations. In effect, the student's good will is the only security behind the money he borrows from Harvard...
...never become a gratuitous privilege open to anyone who has taken too many weekends. Where no definite rate has been stipulated by the donor, 2-3 per cent interest should be charged to cover defaults and costs of administration. A rate higher than that is unnecessary, and places an unjust burden on those who can least afford to bear it. Five per cent may be good business, but it conflicts with the very purpose for which the loan funds were established...
...that I said or even went anywhere near saying that the English little refugees were "riffraff." . . . I have devoted my entire life to children, and I have taken an active part in the evacuation of our kids, and everyone who knows me realizes that this is a cruel and unjust misstatement...
...should like to apologize here for the statement I made in last week's column concerning the Harvard Glee Club repertoire. The statement condemning its conductor for omitting German music this year was based on faulty evidence, and the conclusion drawn from it an unjust...