Word: merit
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...feel it is a disgrace to themselves and their families if they don't succeed." The results bear him out: between 40% and 50% of pupils in Lane Tech's advanced-placement math classes are of Asian background, and two of the school's four National Merit Scholarship winners so far are Asian. Says Silber: "The parents are on the school's side...
...contrast to most other American dance companies where the movement itself is the most important element of the performance. Ailey tries to synthesize other elements in his theater--memorable and often modern plot and characters, music that can stand on its own merit, and sets that linger in the mind. The musical repertory is as diverse as the dance styles, adding Miles Davis and the group Earth, Wind and Fire to the more traditional Mendelssohn. Bach and Ravel "Revelations," set to chotal Negro spirituals, glorifies the Black experience through folk dancing and Biblical motifs...
Gould hints at such a focus on the chief guardian. Reilly, Addressing the audience directly and mysteriously returning at the play's end, he appears to merit special emphasis. But he remains ambiguous, breaking into humor or losing control with no apparent provocation, and his inconsistencies seem signs of incomplete thought rather than deliberate attempts to reveal other sides of his nature...
Reagan has every right to point out the truth that good and evil coexist in the modern world. But he undermines his own merit by simultaneously doling out so many millions to violent dictators with titles like "General" and "President-for-life." The hypocrisy is embodied by El Salvador's d' Aubuission, who has not even bothered to hide his fascistic views from the public. Evil exists, and we must combat it, but Reagan seems profoundly confused about who falls into that category...
...look back at recent Crimson's reveals coverage of some salient questions. Central America, the arms control debate, the Reagan budget, and national elections have all appeared of late in these pages. We find it difficult to believe that none of this was considered controversial or interesting enough to merit comment...