Word: meritable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...been governed repeatedly, not by altruistic abstractions, not by sober assessment of world realities, not even (always) by fear of the U.S.S.R., but by cynical, domestic vote catching. The line on such issues as Palestine and South Tyrol and the timing of announcements on them were not argued on merit, but determined by their supposed attractiveness to this or that section of the American electorate . . . My of contrast Communism between and the the "Christian heresy "anti-Christian paganism" of Naziism, which excites some TIME-readers to such unchristian frenzies of abuse, was a quote from the late, great Arch bishop...
...said, indicating that he expects to win the big battle for control of Congress next November. The only way to win votes, he said, is to enact a program that the mass of American people would say is a good one and to find candidates who merit the support of independent voters...
...What a Doll!" That evening Frederika and Paul dined royally on gold service at a glittering State dinner. Afterwards the President presented the Legion of Merit to the King, and Paul responded with a graceful speech. "Greece is the first democratic country which completely defeated full-scale aggression by militant Communists," he said. "We shall never forget that America came to our aid so generously in that hour of desperate crisis...
Maybe the aura of loyalty and honor blinds the freshman to the supposedly barren nature of his life. At any rate, it is usually not until upperclass years that the Princeton first debates the merit of Charlie over Ascetic. When he does rebel, however, it seems to be with the energy of a closely-caged tiger. He wants his liquor, his car, and his Sex After Seven, and no assurances from the deans will convince him that abstinence is the best policy...
That is why there is so much merit in the plan to compel testimony before Congressional committees in return for immunity from prosecution. A bill of this type has passed the Senate, is before the House, and has been endorsed by the Attorney-General of the United States. Executive agencies such as the National Labor Relations Board and Interstate Commission have used the principles of this bill since the passage of the Compulsory Testimony Act in 1893. Such a law can be so worded as to end the practices that have brought the Fifth Amendment into discredit without forcing self...