Word: meritable
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Nicholls' Elizabeth, especially, is a snickering ghoul-that Walter and Elizabeth Elliot seem closer to the wicked step-family of Cinderella than the conceited fools of Austen's novel. Likewise, Ciaran Hinds' Wentworth, while he cuts a fine figure in his naval uniform, gives little sense of that personal merit which ostensibly attracts Anne...
...diets which most people learn are necessary once they reach adulthood. These members of the African-American community are still stuck in infancy and childhood and have not matured enough to the point of adolescence where they can be confident to accomplish on their own and by their own merit...
...joined by a third challenger in this election. Of the various possibilities that have been tossed around, perhaps the most well-received is that of General Colin L. Powell, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Despite the glowing press coverage he has received, Powell does not merit our support should he choose to run for the presidency...
Dole's idea of basic coverage has some merit, as long as every American is guaranteed that safety net. But forcing so many families currently covered by Medicaid to obtain private insurance or do without it entirely will hardly contribute to the nation's health and well-being. Most of these families will probably be priced out of the private insurance market, and their increasingly inferior health care could end up costing the country even more...
Along with this view came an opposition to affirmative action for a variety of reasons, including, although not exclusively, the belief that the women or minorities I was competing against for jobs who were coming out of Harvard had every bit the opportunity I did and that merit should determine who received what position. While women (and other groups) might constitute a minority in many fields, as more and more came out and entered fields such as business, law and medicine the gap would be closed...