Word: deservingness
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Deserving though the biologists may be, their new role raises a real concern. Traditionally, university researchers toil in their labs, usually at the taxpayers' expense, doing basic research?that is, research promising fresh insights into the fundamental truths of nature, regardless of the prospect of immediate payoffs. The bioengineering firms...
It was precisely 11 a.m., and an investiture-a traditional ceremony for bestowing honors on deserving subjects-was about to begin in the grand ballroom at Buckingham Palace. Queen Elizabeth II was smiling broadly as the Lord Chamberlain stepped forward and interrupted the general hush: "The Queen has asked me...
The city will present in October a medallion and a $1000 stipend to the Cambridge city employee and resident making the most outstanding contributions to the community in 1980-81. The city may also award certificates of merit to the one or two deserving entrants.
Thus, instead of appropriating funds for the additional nighttime service, administrators essentially forced CHUL's Shuttle Bus Committee to cut dirver's wages. Would those administrators quietly allow an obscure committee that hadn't consulted them to cut their salaries? But money is a strange thing at Harvard. HDNS is...
Throughout his political career, Ronald Reagan refused "as a matter of principle" to reveal his tax returns, arguing that politicians are as deserving of privacy as ordinary citizens. But now that he is a candidate for President, says Aide Lyn Nofziger, "he kind of forfeits his right to privacy." Not...