Word: merit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...consent decree also forces the Ivy League colleges to abandon their long-standing agreement to base financial aid solely on need and not merit...
...exhibition of new paintings by David Salle at the Gagosian Gallery in Manhattan (through May 4) has one tiny merit. It reminds you how lousy and overpromoted so much "hot," "innovative" American art in the 1980s was. If Julian Schnabel is Exhibit A in our national wax museum of recent duds, David Salle is certainly Exhibit...
...Godot is pretty poor. Production staffer Marc Friedman built an unremarkable set, consisting of little more than objects arranged to conceal the pillars of the basement. Although the spartan set conforms to Beckett's stage directions, it contributes little to the production. The costumes are also adequate but merit no special attention...
There is no doubt that the post-war world is filled with problems that need to be solved. You are right in saying that Bush deceived the Kurds to a certain degree. Perhaps my basic position has no more merit than yours...
This dichotomy between art and ideology is a curious one. Certainly, the technical merit of a work of art is morally neutral and should be judged separately from the content. But to demand that only the former quality be the basis for judging a work's value is to deny art's role in human life and its purpose of conveying and influencing human thoughts and experiences. The value of a work to the viewer and society--which is what the NEA judges are judging when they allocate our society's money--depends on both style and content...