Word: meritable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...swallow does not make a summer," said Babcock, "but I pass it on to other young hopefuls for what it is worth. Certainly there is an indication that selection is made on some other basis than pure merit. But I hold no grudge against Poetry. I just selected a poem I thought was good and sent it to a well-known magazine that I thought worthy of testing. This is my last attempt at hoax...
...blue until his wing ripped off, ground-looped, stalled, spun and smashed his protesting plane at every opportunity. By the time the war was over, Dilbert was as much a part of the Navy as battleship grey, and his creator the proud possessor of a Legion of Merit...
...transferred to the directors of the PBH blood drive. For if they suggested the bonus credit scheme, it seems that in their enthusiasm over this worthy project they have forgotten the limits of the ROTC position at the University. Nevertheless, the ROTC units could have turned down the merit bonus suggestion, just as they did a PBH proposal that the units stage an intra-ROTC competition to see which unit could give the most blood. The ROTC officials could have agreed to publicize the worthiness of the Blood Drive without offering inducements. This would have fulfilled the ROTC duty...
...Activities Committee's self-description in its 1948 Interim Report: "It functions to permit the greatest court in the world--the court of American public opinion--to have an undirected, uncensored and unprejudiced opportunity to render a continuing verdict on all of its public officials and to evaluate the merit of many in private life who were openly associating and assisting disloyal groups or covertly operating as members or fellow-travelers of such organizations...
...noodles around happily with such authentic material as Muskrat Ramble, St. James Infirmary and Tin Roof Blues. Stockholm's Arne Domnerus and Orchestra take a page out of Charlie Parker's bop book. Two English bands play in the old razzle-dazzle style of Ted Lewis. Chief merit of all three importations: enthusiasm...