Word: merit
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...institutions in his native Sweden because of lack of training and his bizarre subject matter. When I was informed of the plans for this presentation by Mr. Harkensson, I strongly protested the showing of his films on the grounds that authorities consider them to be totally devoid of scholarly merit. Moreover, they are racist and violate every code of moral decency. Mr. Harkensson stated he "had been officially invited to present these films to members of the Harvard community by the Peabody Museum and biologist George Wald." I later shared my concerns about this subject with several of my colleagues...
Many Americans will find Solzhenitsyn's views too harsh, his vision too chilling. But the reflections of Russia's greatest living writer on today's crisis merit wide attention...
...were still recovering from the shame of the Nixon years in 1976; Carter's "believe in me" gambit has some relevance. His reliance on hazy populism does not merit praise, but at least it made sense at the time. Unfortunately, the next president will not lead us through the impending gloom of rising energy prices and international military gamesmanship with trustworthiness. Republicans, nonetheless, seem eager at this early point in the campaign to make Carter's successful but politically counter-productive strategy work for Bush. In the process, they may change the focus of presidential politics from issues to headlines...
Perhaps. But even if Tatum is the only savage-minded safety in professional football-and that seems dubious-his case is complex enough to merit consideration. For while his "confessions" may be tasteless and disturbing, he tempers them with a sort of pathetic self-pity ("I am not an assassin, but rather a human being with a deep compassion for little children"). He also tells of a ghetto boyhood in Passaic, N.J., and football as his only way out. At every stage of his career, Tatum says, he has been judged mostly by how hard he hits, first...
...that "July and August cannot be too hot.") The most important -and voluntary-move has been made by the giant winemakers who produce generic "Burgundy" and "Chablis" that have no claim at all to nobility. These companies are now supplementing their lines of jug wines with varietals of surprising merit...