Sentence examples for figures are fair from inspiring English sources
The license to novelize someone else's life seems to be based on the assumption that public figures are fair game, that only those of us no one has ever heard of retain the rights to our own experience.
If, in its wisdom, the federal agency decides the figures are fair, it will reimburse the surgery centers extra for the Allergan lenses, but only for two years — after which Medicare payments will drop back to $150.
Thanks to the First Amendment and a presumption in the US that public figures are fair game, I am free to make up almost any bullshit I like about an American in the public eye without him being able to sue.
In practice, the Sullivan rule has meant that public figures are fair game.
Romney said he understands public figures are fair targets for criticism, "but children - that's beyond the line".
Occasionally, it was considered appropriate to change records post-factum so that audit figures were fairer.
And that varied menu does not include recently retired or still active political figures, who are fair game for abuse at any hour and from many sources.
No specific corridor had been designated at that point, and so -- he told me -- "I figured anything was fair game".
Secondly, it's hard to be humorous about political figures and still be fair.
