Word: meritable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...before his arrival last week, Madrid's daily Ya said: "Fulton Lewis, the succinct and factual American journalist, tomorrow arrives in Madrid . . . If you encounter him in your walks you should take off your hat to him. There are not many newspapermen in the world who merit more this unique and supreme gesture of Spanish courtesy." Next day the newspaper headlined his arrival on Page One, with a picture captioned: "Take off your hat to Fulton Lewis...
...more stirring set of experiences at sea were the background for his monumental "History of U.S. Naval Operations in World War II." Morison served on 11 different ships during the war, received seven battle stars and the Legion of Merit and finally retired from the Naval Reserve in 1951 with the rank of Rear Admiral. Nine of the 14 volumes of the naval history have been published, and with his coming retirement, Morison expects to complete the work within the next few years...
Aside, however, from the methods involved in this particular case, it is difficult to see how the Dean's Office concludes that parking violations merit probation. Probation has always been a serious matter: it is an official notification to a student that he is in serious danger of separation from the College. Students on probation may neither hold scholarships, compete for prizes, or represent the University. The measure is a just and effective instrument when used to correct academic or social misdemeanor. But when it is unexpectedly employed to prevent something that hundreds of local homeowners do in front...
...Cole Porter; book by George S. Kaufman Leueen MacGrath and Abe Burrows) spent three spotlighted months on the road pitching things out and patching things up. It will probably spend many months longer on Broadway. The reason is not that it offers anything unusual in the way of merit or novelty; it seems almost frightened of anything distinguished. The reason lies rather in a formula professionalism, a kind of glazed mediocrity, a persisting common touch that, here and there, is a touch too common. Silk Stockings is all Main Stem and no flower...
...fatiguing, is undeniably interesting; Mr. Phelps' verse and the thoughtful interpretations of the cast go far toward revealing the workings of a community gripped by irrational panic and its slow growth toward understanding. The effort which has gone into the production has been ably directed to bring out the merit of the play as it stands. An attentive audience will find it in many ways engrossing and revealing...