Word: meritable
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Shames's assertions are misguided and unhelpful. I write because I worry that the powers that be might read his words and lend them even the smallest amount of merit...
...least Folkman doesn't have to spend all his time nowadays, as he once did, trying to persuade researchers that his approach to cancer treatment has merit. Scientists are currently investigating 300 different substances for their potential to block angiogenesis. Twenty of those compounds have already entered clinical trials in humans. Indeed, researchers suspect that some of the latest cancer treatments, like tamoxifen, may themselves work in part by blocking the growth of newly formed blood vessels...
Grants will be awarded based upon "merit and for activities in keeping with the mission of the College...
Stewart called the $25,000 "a healthy start."She added that the use of merit as a criterioninstead of need would allow student groups who arenot in desperate financial shape to receive somefunding. According to Stewart, large groups havetraditionally been excluded from council fundingbecause their need is not as great as otherorganizations...
...shrugged off as liberal alarmist rhetoric. The University of California must rethink and retool its eligibility and admission policies to reflect the needs of an increasingly diverse state. We need to level the playing field and engage in a reassessment of our present definition of academic merit. EUGENE GARCIA, Professor and Dean Graduate School of Education University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, Calif...