Word: merit
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...federal agency will try to mediate a settlement of Croxton's grievance but if it finds merit in the complaint and Harvard does not rehire Croxton the EFOC will encourage her to sue the University John Ricket and EFOC caseworker said Wednesday...
Neither side can claim moral righteousness; both merit a resounding boo. For Britain to consider the islanders' views in determining sovereignty is like asking white ranchers to resolve Indian land claims with the U.S. Government. And for Argentina to occupy the islands, which are more than 400 miles from the mainland, is diplomatic insanity...
...various parties had participated in a "pact" with the American embassy to go along with the inflated tally. But some conceded that election day had indeed been marred by irregularities. Said Luis Nelson Segovia, a deputy from the center-right Democratic Action Party: "The possibility [of fraud] has merit. There were so many variants and shortcomings on election day. But there is no proof." Christian Democratic Party Spokesman Guillermo Antonio Guevara Lacayo agreed that there had been fraud, but said that the total number of votes in question was probably around 50,000, rather than...
...said that in view of the controversy, he had canceled plans to accept an honorary degree from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis., last weekend, because "I didn't want to embarrass any institution." Meanwhile, although Harvard's Dean Lewis told the complaining coed that her charges "had merit" and that "formal action" had been taken, Walcott said he had heard nothing further from the university about the matter...
...letter, but not the spirit of having students involved," says Bill Betcher, a second-year student who helped conduct the student poll Betcher added that in "providing lip service to the exchange of views," the faculty created an atmosphere of mistrust even around proposals "that actually had some merit...