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Word: meritable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...perpetrators of cruel inhumanity [undertake] a viable redeeming process." (Kilson now distinguishes between the antebellum "institutionalizing perpetrators of slavocracy" and the rest of us perpetrators.) I have rejected being labeled such a perpetrator, and for this Kilson calls me "arrogant." I do not know what epithet I will merit for denying any "arrogance with a neo-White supremacist tilt to it," but I am unlikely to respond again, to a tenured Harvard professor or anyone else...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Daniels, Kilson Should Try Dialogue Rather than Invective | 4/6/1996 | See Source »

...very pleased that the judge...found no merit in the case against Harvard," said Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles...

Author: By Jay S. Kimmelman, | Title: Court Decision Allows Union Renovations | 4/5/1996 | See Source »

...concepts in our society is the marketplace of ideas. Built on a foundation of governmentally-protected expression, the marketplace concept implies that individuals and institutions will freely introduce ideas into the public forum. These ideas will then be debated, bandied about and finally live or die based on their merit. This raises the moral question: To what extent must civic-minded citizens facilitate the spread of ideas they disagree with in order to maintain an honest discourse...

Author: By David H. Goldbrenner, | Title: News for Nazis | 4/5/1996 | See Source »

...philosophy underlying the House system since its inception [is that] there was educational merit for all students in living in the same community with other talented students with different backgrounds and interests," says Lewis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Future of Randomization | 4/3/1996 | See Source »

...much to ask that a serious report effectively exonerating the Clintons and their associates get more than a passing mention in the nation's press? If an allegation of wrongdoing is front-page news, should not an apparent vindication merit equivalent time and space? Am I cynical to believe that a damning report would have received more attention in America's newsrooms? I don't think so. My instinctive reaction to Stephens' appointment by the RTC was dead wrong. His final report was thorough, fair and unbiased. That's more than can be said for the way it was covered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 25, 1996 | 3/25/1996 | See Source »

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