Word: deservingness
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The "new era" the President spoke of last week will be dominated by economic competition more than military power. On that front, as Bush pointed out, the nation has a great deal to accomplish -- restoring fiscal health, improving education standards, modernizing industry. Rethinking America's military needs is an important...
To many legal observers, the cordless-phone controversy is part of a larger trend that is weakening the right of privacy. "Communication or activity that may be accidentally heard or seen is now increasingly perceived as no longer deserving a reasonable expectation of privacy," warns Stanley Ingber, a Drake University...
The student leaders may have individual faults. Some are immature, unprepared for individual fame and responsibility, unschooled in the ways of Western pressure politics and international initiatives. The movement for democracy in China is not yet clearly defined as a result. It is growing, though, gaining experience and acceptance as...
But calling Affirmative Action "not a good thing for Blacks," Thomson Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield said the program is "a kind of insult to the beneficiaries of it...It implies that you got [a position] without fully deserving it."
Government subsidies for social welfare benefits should go to the deserving. That means taking away Social Security and Medicare benefits from the rich.