Word: meritable
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Venky said that it has not yet been decided whether the DEAS will become a school unto itself, but he did not dismiss the idea, saying that “there is some merit to that in terms of visibility...
Although his opinions have made Bloom, in his words, “the pariah of [his] profession for the last thirty years,” he sticks by his beliefs. He maintains that using gender, race, or any other personal characteristics of authors in evaluating the artistic merit or validity of their work is “a blasphemy against the arts…a horrible absurdity...
...writing not just to, but literally on approval documents for the up to $7 billion contract awarded to a Halliburton subsidiary in March 2003 for the repair of Iraq's oil wells. (The FBI is investigating whether Greenhouse's allegations of favoritism, first reported in TIME last week, merit an expansion of its criminal investigation into Halliburton for overcharging the Pentagon.) Meanwhile, TIME has obtained a new document that suggests Greenhouse, who is African American and the sister of NBA great Elvin Hayes, may have been operating in a racially hostile environment. Lieut. General Joseph Ballard, her former boss, said...
...feared, this would become a long-running fad. Having grown up in Orange County—specifically Irvine, a particularly plastic suburb—my whole life, I knew from firsthand experience that life there was not engaging or dramatic enough to merit a movie, let alone an entire television series. Plus, calling Orange County The O.C. would be like calling San Francisco “The S.F,” or Cambridge “The Bridge.” I secretly hoped the show would fail, knowing nonetheless that I would watch it religiously. My fears were soothed...
...mails went over the Harvard Hillel community list in response to two New York Times op-eds about the connections between American Jews, support for Israel and voting for Bush. Though most students fell on the Kerry side of the divide, enough pro-Bush writers spoke up to merit this public response—geared toward anyone who either believes Bush is good for Israel or wonders why others say they...