Word: fair
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...also confront the Army in its case against Lieut. Calley and Sgt. Mitchell, the only active servicemen thus far accused of crimes at My Lai. For one thing, Army lawyers fear that detailed press interviews with potential witnesses may permit the accused to claim that they cannot get a fair trial. Almost surely, moreover, both Calley and Mitchell will argue at their trials that they acted under "superior orders," a legal defense that gained respectability in the 19th century when military officers extolled iron regimentation and insisted that superiors could do no wrong...
...ideology. Two weeks ago, USIA rushed out a propaganda film called The Silent Majority. Those who had not seen it automatically assumed from the title that it was a partisan rebuttal to the antiwar march on Washington, and there were cries of foul. In fact, the film gives generally fair treatment to both sides...
...receive benefits, too. There are trips to New York. San Jose, and M.I.T. Your name becomes a house-hold word. You may become a star on our softball or marathon team. People like coach Harrison, Frank Champi, Jimmy Fair, and Dana Getchell will talk to you, maybe...
...proposals issuing from the Houses." he continued. "I cannot promise to implement them since in most cases I would have no power to do so... I can, and do, however, pledge my best efforts to insure that any recommendations developed by the Houses will get full and fair hearing before the Faculty...
...that erect "unfair" barriers to American exports, or unfairly subsidize their own foreign commerce. Nixon also asked Congress for changes in current law to make it easier for industries, companies or groups of workers that have been hurt by imports to win relief through temporary import restrictions. "To be fair to our trading partners does not require us to be unfair to our own people," he said...