Word: deservingness
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Barthelme turns a parodist's ear to several deserving sources of modern noise. A mock scenario for a film in the manner of Antonioni blurs the line between significant ennui and utter vacuity: "Shot of nail kegs at construction site. Camera peers into keg, counts nails." A news story...
As a modest contribution toward the celebration of the nation's Bicentennial, the city of Philadelphia decided to restore to its original state the paving of a block-long passageway called Elfreth's Alley. Certainly no lane in the land seemed more deserving of such loving care. Philadelphians...
As a member of BIRTHRIGHT, a prolife, alternative-to-abortion group, I was appalled to read of the refusal to baptize Nathaniel Morreale because his mother supported the establishment of an abortion-information clinic. Father Roussin and Monsignor Meehan have failed to grasp the basic moral premise of the prolife...
Leontief is the third Harvard economist to join the Harvard roster of Nobel celebrities. His colleagues consider him among the most dedicated and deserving laureates.
Geertz's citation reads: "A deserving scholar who with masterly skill probes ancient societies for new light on the relation of religious belief to human behavior."