Word: unjustness
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...battle for stronger measures to restore corner-office accountability and stock-market confidence. His penchant for keeping things simple is legendary, and the need for reform remains acute. Just last week two former executives at Kmart were charged with manipulating earnings (their lawyer says the prosecution is "wrong and unjust"), while Dutch retailer Ahold owned up to faulty bookkeeping at a U.S. subsidiary and restated the past two years' earnings, slashing them $500 million...
...doubt over war. War is always "failure," as French President Jacques Chirac has put it. Most religious leaders--from the Pope on down--have argued that peace is almost always morally preferable to war, and that this war--whatever its strategic or political justification--would be simply unjust. Indeed, many of these authorities have gone right up to the edge of saying that peace under any circumstance deserves not only a chance but an almost infinite number of chances before we resort to force of arms. But this ignores the fact that some wars are obviously moral. The war against...
...Catholic church, the priests haven't seen Saturday confession lines like these in years. "I think the war is unjust," says Father Thomas Davis, who has worn out both ears listening to Marines. "But these young men have no choice. I try to send them off with some peace...
...that our politicians simply don’t realize the harm done by the law would be naive. The reason why this law remains on the books has nothing to do with ambiguity over its injustice or inefficiency. The Drug Free Student Loans Provision is patently and undeniably unjust because it closes the doors of higher education to only low-income students and does nothing to solve our nation’s drug problem. Worst of all, it removes the power judges previously had to deny federal aid to students on a case-by-case basis, which allowed for punishment...
Despite the fact that Harvard’s financial aid office counteracts the HEA drug provision by guaranteeing that all accepted students will have their need met, the University administration, as a model for other institutions, must openly decry this unjust law. To this end, the Undergraduate Council will be considering a resolution this upcoming Sunday, Feb. 16, that asks President Summers and the Financial Aid Office publicly condemn the Drug Free Student Loans Provision of the Higher Education Act. I urge concerned students to show their support by attending the meeting and stating their fervent desire to end this...