Word: merit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...diplomas carried situations in the vernacular and not the Latin. A sense of excellence, of self-satisfaction, and of confidence, dominate the reminiscences from this year in Lant's book: "Freshman year I was thrown among brilliant strangers," John D. Spooner '59 writes. "General Motors Scholars, National Merit Scholars from Nebraska, Mississippi Pennsylvania, California, New Jersy and Texas...all public school boys. They were all brilliant, but they felt instinctively that they were special and had special things waiting for them in life...
Suppose, for example, it were clearly demonstrated that society was becoming segmented on meritocratic-hereditary lines (elites being formed by merit groups that had a substantial hereditary component based on transmission of both genes and favorable environment); and suppose it were also clearly demonstrated that this segmentation induced frustration and anger among the less-favored groups herded increasingly together--the poor, the stupid, [the gays] and the ugly making up a ferment of continual rejection and violence. There is at least the possibility that society will be faced with the unpleasant choice between constant insecurity for all and a crackdown...
...believe a coach should be a promoter. A coach should not connive for stars but do the best for the athletes he has," he said "It bothers me that a coach's merit is measured by his ability to recruit...
...team wasn't strong enough in rallying together to merit going off on their own tangent," says one player. "It was counter productive to ignore...
...always been unfair to rate a Congress as either "do-nothing" or "rub ber-stamp," depending upon how it responded to a President's legislative desires. The current Congress, in particular, might well merit praise by refusing to adopt presidential economic policies that it considers too risky. But that is not enough. Inaction and stalemate on the economy can be as dangerous as errant action. The nation cannot afford a prolonged political confrontation between the White House and Capitol Hill. If the President will not yield, Howard Baker and his congressional cohort really have no choice; they must...