Word: meritable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...topics which have not been otherwise fully explored. The whole Far East, in fact, is wide open, a veritable gold mine for the enterprising scholar. M. A. candidates often use their theses as preliminaries to Ph.D. works, and from there, it is hoped, to works of outstanding scholarly merit...
...claimed that Cobb, outraged because he had been stuck with a dinner check, attacked him and aggravated an old back injury. The jury, though not exactly swayed by Ty's plea of self-defense (he has had two heart attacks), decided that Felts's injuries did not merit payment of damages, voted (9 to 3) for Cobb...
...would often just walk in, say: I am the president of Trinity College. I hope you will be able to give us some money." All told, he raised $5,000,000 in six years. Funston stopped paying professors on the same level the same salary, put them on a merit basis, boosted salaries 65%. Though Trinity's professors were cool to his businesslike, public-relations approach, those outside the college were not. Within four years, Funston joined the boards of directors of seven companies: General Foods, B. F. Goodrich, Connecticut General Life Insurance, Owen-Corning Fiberglas, Hartford Steam Boiler...
...years later, King George was looking for special equerries to help him keep in closer touch with the armed services. In an earlier day. the post might have gone to some eligible lordling, but Britain's social-minded King wanted to reward merit rather than mere birth, and Townsend's name was sent him. Wearing his best uniform, the young airman went to see the King. King George liked him from the first, and after 30 minutes of chat, he was taken on. As the King and the airman left the royal study in Buckingham Palace, they...
...male employees is 10%, and the rate for the 45 female employees is 337%. What is the rate of absenteeism for the factory as a whole?" Two hours later, the 60,000 went home to await word as to whether they had passed the first hurdle towards a National Merit Scholarship (TIME, Sept. 12). Eventually, some 4,000 will find they have, and these will be winnowed down to 2,000 by the College Board Scholastic Aptitude Test. Finally, a special board of educators and admissions officers will select the lucky (and capable) 350. Those who do not make hurdle...