Word: merit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tour de force, the film that would firmly establish him in Hollywood. He will probably succeed in this venture, since the folks who make movies look only at the box office receipts. That which sells is good; that which bombs, no matter what its artistic merit--well, too bad. Benson not only starred in One on One, he co-wrote it with his father, a professional screenwriter. The family that makes films together gets rich together...
...English and American Literature from Cornell, he openly admits, "No one's made me feel like an outsider, though I obviously am." Nonetheless, Moses is also quick to admit he doesn't "have problems with certain kinds of elitism--putting together the best people, based on talent and merit. But elitism based on connections, and on the label on the back of a tie, is foolish," he says...
Might I suggest the following: 1) pay more attention to the unofficial but legitimate black leadership there that is drowned out by government propaganda; 2) urge U.S. multinational corporations to raise the wages of their black workers, hire and fire on merit, and institute training programs for middle-level and management positions; 3) cut the hypocrisy and try to merge our diplomatic and economic policies in South Africa. We can no longer "abhor" apartheid and wink at our companies' double-digit returns on investments there, which are the result of the ridiculously low wages paid the African worker...
Judge Alan King-Hamilton, 72, refused to permit the defense to provide professional testimony on the merit of the poem or its author, a professor of literature and winner of numerous prizes, among them the Rockefeller Foundation's Atlantic Award. The judge did permit Drama Critic Bernard Levin of the Sunday Times and Novelist Margaret Drabble (The Realms of Gold) to testify as character witnesses. This led to some odd exchanges about Gay News-e.g., its publication of pictures from a sex manual for homosexuals...
...Wilcox, 53, commander of the First Marine Division; of a heart attack; in Camp Pendleton, Calif. A 35-year veteran of the Marine Corps who participated in the postwar occupation of Japan, Wilcox later served in Korea and Viet Nam. He received numerous military decorations, including three Legion of Merit awards and the Bronze Star...