Word: unjustness
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...smile when he nicknames the gentle John and his brother 'The sons of Thunder'? Is there not a light of amusement as well as seriousness when the impetuous Simon finds himself for all the ages called 'The Rock' . . . ? Christians have puzzled for centuries over the unjust judge and the fraudulent steward, afraid to acknowledge that the divine Lord can point a serious moral with a lighthearted tale...
...announcement in the CRIMSON last term of the amazingly high percentage of tuition which goes for athletics makes the situation poignant, especially to those who, for their $200, only have opportunity to take an occasional swim in the I.A.B. It seems unjust that the money and the space in the limited enrollment should be taken by people who would derive quite as much from another college, when there are thousands of highly intelligent young minds wanting to come to Harvard...
...Unjust Will. According to Jones, he met Patrick a year before, and the two men began almost immediately to work out their scheme. The two men decided to rewrite the old man's will, for Mr. Patrick thought it "unjust" that Rice wanted to leave most of his estate to found an educational institution in Texas. One day Rice walked in on the conspirators while they were going about their forgery in his apartment, but he did not know what they were doing. He apologized for disturbing them, left the room quietly...
...became violently ill before the showdown on his seating and died seven months later. If he had lived, it is almost certain that the upper Chamber would have voted to seat him, because in retrospect many Senators realized that failure to grant Bilbo a committee hearing was an unjust violation of traditional Senate procedure. These Senators, then, were supporting an unsavory colleague because he had received unfair treatment. In doing this, they almost lost sight of the fact that Bilbo himself made unfairness a sword, and abusive language his cutting edge...
...name of a greater good. "If the suffering of children," says the rebel through Ivan's words, "serves to complete the sum of suffering necessary for the acquisition of truth, I affirm from now onwards that truth is not worth such a price." He denies God, because God is unjust...