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. Hakansson, 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. Hakansson 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...
Aquino continued to rise meteorically--he was elected the youngest senator ever, and was voted outstanding senator of the year twice by the Philippine Free Press. He won two presidential merit awards...
Wheaton might seem to be just one step up from a stereotypical Bible college, long on piety and short on brains. Not so. Even outside the Evangelical subculture, the college, which has 2,025 undergraduates, is recognized for its academic stature. Last year it enrolled 53 National Merit Scholars, a total that put Wheaton on a par with the best four-year colleges of comparable size and, it boasts, in the top tenth of all U.S. colleges and universities. The National Research Council reports that for the period from 1920 to 1976, Wheaton alumni ranked eleventh among all four-year...
...filming--the first ever of a company production--will serve as a "pilot" to demonstrate the artistic merit and potential marketability of the theatre's productions to cable and public television stations across the country...
...that the report is out and the College is in a position to act on the recommendations, administrators and students are raising questions about, respectively, the newness and merit of these proposals. Administrators who will play key roles in bringing about the changes recommended in the report--such as increasing the number of minority faculty members, tutors and proctors, promoting minority admisions and introducing Core courses on ethnic groups--say these recommendations offer nothing new; they are simply a reaffirmation of goals the College has pursued for several years...