Word: meritable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...looked on as altruistic, since we must live in the future we make for ourselves." He also states, "that when any Republican is contesting the seat of any Democrat, it is always wisest to support the Republican." This even if the candidate is of little merit...
...that Bulganin is plainly on the skids, Mikoyan is being talked of as his likely replacement for Premier. In Khrushchev's eyes, Mikoyan, the lone operator, has the merit of never having tried to build up his own party machine. The delay in pushing out Bulganin suggests that although Khrushchev has bested his rivals, he still has powerful opposition to contend with. The deadly struggle for power that began with Stalin's death four years ago is not yet ended. Who would know that better than Mikoyan...
...declare that no one use of language is "correct," their book is built around what they call "respectable English," that is, "English used by educated people when they are speaking in public or writing to strangers." The Evanses hastily point out that this "respectable" English has no more inherent merit than any other, and that it is constantly changing. But they still use the concept as a standard. Much of the debate about the Evanses' book will swirl around the two obvious questions raised by their definition of respectable English: Who are the educated people, and what precisely...
...smack in the middle of a heavily populated apartment district, he shoveled away the rubble himself to get at them; then for 18 hours he sweated out the delicate job of taking the fuses out of the lurking monsters. In May 1952, Stephan and Raebiger won the West German Merit Cross for their services...
Local residents might be interested in the rating of the Boston papers. There were eight major dailies in Boston in 1952. Rowse analyzed three of these in detail, and commented in an early chapter on four others. From this, the order of merit would seem to be: the Christian Science Monitor; the morning and evening Globe; the evening Traveler; the Herald; the Post (now defunct); and lastly the Daily Record...