Word: merit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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University efforts to increase the number of minority applicants this year included a primary and secondary recruiting campaign using lists of potentially qualified students prepared by the Educational Testing Service. The University also encouraged Merit Scholarship winners to apply...
...many of these countries that the need to exert influence against internal repression is greatest. Certainly the domestic policies of U.S.-aided countries like Chile, the Philippines, South Africa and Iran, which Vance and Carter for the most part have left out of their references to human rights violations, merit not only public condemnation but the application of strong economic and political sanctions on the Administration's part...
...whiz-kid executive syndrome of the '70s-a direct result of the baby boom-the reins of power will revert to older hands. For the middle-age, middle-management sector, there will be fewer shots at the top, though there will be more titular promotions and merit raises to reward the faithful. On the positive side, lessened competition may result in heightened creativity. People may concentrate on doing what they know best, rather than aspiring to levels at which they may prove incompetent, or be bored, or both...
...material like the John Harvard drawing is not intended to ridicule blacks, but white stereotypes of blacks. They say they consider it unfortunate that black students should take the periodical's humor so seriously. While the Lampoon's justification is understandable, the problems involved in the group's protest merit more than a defensive sigh of regret...
...What is force compared to conscience? Nothing more than the weight of a stone! Each conscience watches over and illuminates the work of God from a point that no one can replace. Do not doubt. Maintain your conviction to serve! And remember that there is more merit in using your force for the benefit of the suffering than for your own gain...