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...merit that can be measured numerically translates into moral desert. In other words, can we say that a given candidate, even one with a perfect GPA and LSAT score, deserves or is entitled to a spot at Michigan Law School? Or is merit more instrumental—a construct that can be manipulated to serve an institution’s goals? Can the definition of merit be expanded to include race, or must we say that when a university considers race in admissions decisions, it is setting aside merit to a certain extent (and if so, is there anything wrong...
...says the University’s administration initially hired a firm to design and construct the plant and another group to oversee the job—a watchdog for the project...
...Harvard had set out to construct MATEP, ordering the six diesel engines necessary to run the plant, storing them in a South Boston warehouse and launching construction on the 315 ft. smokestack...
...They used their economic and political muscle to push the project through by beginning to construct the plant without a permit and by putting up a stack, which was enormously expensive,” Partan says. “They also purchased the diesel generators before they were licensed to construct and operate the plant. What this did for them was ensure that this plant would be built...
...website where the Saitama victims met?Shinju Keijiban (Suicide Pact bulletin board service)?has closed, but many others remain. "The method used by youths to construct human relationships has changed," says Takehiko Kikkawa, a psychiatry professor at Chubu Gakuin University?even in cases where the relationship is necessarily short-lived. Some victims never even meet face to face until the fateful day. Nevertheless, they all share a powerful bond: the fear of dying alone...