Word: unjustness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think it's unjust to favor certain people because of their race," said Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield...
Campaign finance reform laws do recognize, however, that the equation of money with speech is fundamentally undemocratic. The current campaign finance system accords an unjust amount of power to the rich. Political donations are a form of speech, to be sure, but $5 contributions are meaningless when dwarfed by $10,000 contributions from wealthy individuals. If anything, it is the current system that is restricting the right to free speech...
...contrary to popular belief, making Malaysia a force to be reckoned with [BUSINESS, Oct. 12]. But like a cat cornered in a cage, Mahathir has turned into a belligerent and cruel dictator. He seriously misread the Malaysian public in trying to get rid of his deputy, Anwar Ibrahim, by unjust means. Many of us had backed Mahathir because Anwar supported him, and we waited patiently with Anwar for a peaceful transition of power between the two men. But now such a thing is no longer to be. Violence is not our way, but Mahathir lost our support because he threw...
...Malaysians may feel uncomfortable with recent developments, but we still have faith in our judicial institutions and the electoral process. The silence of the people should not necessarily be interpreted as fear or lack of interest. We are capable of voting out any government that is unjust and draconian. NEIL KHOR JIN KEONG Kuala Lumpur...
...derives benefit from a hostile stance toward the United States. Yet there are many leaders in the world, democratically or otherwise empowered, who derive a benefit that may be essential to their maintenance of power from the image that can so easily be created of heroic opposition to the unjust and hostile United States...