Fair Deal

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noun

the principles of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party under the leadership of President Harry S Truman, consisting largely of a continuation and development of the principles of the New Deal.

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Compare Great Society, New Deal, New Frontier.

Origin of Fair Deal

First recorded in 1945–50

OTHER WORDS FROM Fair Deal

Fair Dealer, noun

Words nearby Fair Deal

fair ball, Fairbanks, Fairborn, fair catch, fair copy, Fair Deal, fair employment, fair enough, fairfaced, Fairfax, Fairfield

Example sentences from the Web for Fair Deal

Even internally in the House, women are not getting their fair shake.
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“Personally, I deal with manners of righteousness and God,” he says.
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Speculation raged that Duke agreed not to run as part of the deal, though it was never proven.
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Vicky Ward was a contributing editor to Vanity Fair for 11 years.
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Frustrating as regulars find these fair-weather exercise interlopers, they were also all beginners once, he says.
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They are very urgent questions; our sons and daughters will have to begin to deal with them from the moment they leave college.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Finally, let me ask the general reader to put aside all prejudice, and give both sides a fair hearing.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
Grandmamma sits in her quaint arm-chair— Never was lady more sweet and fair!
Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17)|Various
He was tall and of familiar figure, and the firelight was playing in the tossed curls of his short, fair hair.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
Mary is fair as the morning dew— Cheeks of roses and ribbons of blue!
Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17)|Various

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