Word: meritable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...substituting good government for poor government, I do not mean electing one individual, one symbol, one person to typify the might and majesty of America-by no means. I mean to elect a team, to send to Washington the pick of our men and women chosen according to merit...
Clearing Landy and bestowing his belated commission, the Secretary said: "I could not ignore one of the fundamental principles on which our American way of life is based, and that is the opportunity of each individual to progress and succeed on his own merit...
...View from the Bridge (by Arthur Miller) is a double bill-two long one-acters about life at opposite ends of the Brooklyn Bridge. The two are much farther apart in mood and merit than they are in locale. The Manhattan play, A Memory of Two Mondays, is a pat, shapeless picture of life in a warehouse during the Depression; the title play is a forceful drama about a decent man who is undone by blind passion and self-ignorance...
...Anderson had serious second thoughts. Shocked by the extent of Fuchs's involvement during twelve years of deceit, Anderson first asked him to take a leave of absence. After three months of consideration, he and his executive committee decided that Fuchs should be dropped from the faculty. Whatever merit A.U.'s decision might have had, it proved to be popular with almost...
...Commercial stations naturally merit better treatment than WHRB," Johnston said last night...