This is, to say the least, hardly fair if Quirky goes on to capitalize on that IP in future projects.
In 1948, Campanella joined Robinson on the Dodgers. (President Truman integrated the Armed Forces the same year.) It was hardly fair, to put it mildly, that so much pressure was exerted on one man.
But, as Mr Meltzer notes, fairness often means providing present benefits using debt that must be repaid by taxpayers in the future (which is hardly fair) or through regulations and subsidies created by people in government who then go on to exploit them in private-sector jobs (which is also unfair).
Even under the fast-and-loose rules of the war industry, that would hardly be fair.
Speaking of Idol, when it comes to comparing host Ryan Seacrest to co-star Simon Cowell, it is hardly a fair fight.
When one side of the bargaining table has the legal right to wave a magic wand and make the other side of the discussion completely disappear, it is hardly a scenario for a fair negotiation.
However, although a hybrid court based in Sudan might sound like a good idea, the political environment there is hardly conducive to a free and fair hearing at which witnesses could expect proper protection.
To be fair, A Study in Scarlet is hardly the best Holmes mystery.
Design Week in New York has been synonymous, until recently, with the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, which, while dynamic in its own right, is hardly inclusive of the New York design community.
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That may not be fair: if civil servants did simply botch the calculations, ministers can hardly be blamed.
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