Word: merit
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...student-run Committee uses its $100,000 IOP allocated annual budget to publish the quarterly Review and a newsletter of IOP events sponsor panel discussions bring visiting fellows of Harvard and provide stipends to students whose political activities merit reward...
Payton added that he hopes the grant will help to demonstrate the merit of the program to other graduate schools across the country...
...would not be an exaggeration." Indeed, on confirming the second rescue, Lloyd's management ordered the famed "Lutine" bell rung twice, the insurers' traditional signal of a successful salvage, though normally of a more earthly vessel. The underwriters also awarded Allen and Gardner its silver medal of merit for services performed; only three others have been awarded since World...
...better question now may be not whether Reagan will be different but whether the world may make some adjustment to him. The polls in Europe show a marked increase in respect for Reagan. The Soviets have made several intriguing comments that suggest they are finding more merit in his arms-control proposals than they ever noted before the election. There are some sage observers in this city who claim they even detect a slight mellowing in Tip O'Neill...
...Organization for Women and the National Women's Political Caucus-are shrewd and tough, and they have their own agenda. They demand passage of the Equal Rights Amendment as the seal of all equality, although it can be argued that the ERA might prove to be of dubious merit for it gives to men equal rights with women, such as the right to resist draft in wartime if women are not drafted, or the right to refuse combat duty if women may refuse. Women's agenda includes, as is long overdue, equal pay for equal work-but also...