Word: meritable
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...festival screened 33 of these visions, selected from a field of 230 entries. Six were made by Harvard folks: Vasiliki Katsarou won a merit award for Fruitlands 1843; three won honorable mentions: Ana Miljacki [first year Ph.D. student of Architectural History and Theory]'s Taming of a Pupil, A Dream; Anne Steuernagel [Program Coordinator of of the Music Dept.]'s The Field Far Away, and Rosylyn Rhee '99/00's Oma Rhee. Ellie Lee ', who has TFed several film classes, won The Most Promising Filmmaker award for her Dog Days. And Look Back, Don't Look Back by Justin Rice...
...this endeavor actually hurt the female students, or did it provide them an opportunity to study and learn without the often overpowering presence of boys? While the relative academic merit of separate girls' schools is in itself a subject of much debate, the ACLU wasn't interested in educational theory in this case. Their concerns were motivated primarily by what they considered disturbing echoes of racial segregation and discrimination...
Bush admits that equal access doesn't guarantee equal results, but says that his legislation means that every student will get a "fair shot" based on their potential and merit...
Which is too bad, since the case she makes does have merit. Burkett argues persuasively--though she won't convince everyone--that childless taxpayers should not be required to subsidize middle-class parents and children through a raft of recently legislated tax breaks, like $500-a-child credits. And, yes, companies that provide an array of family-friendly benefits (from child-care reimbursement to company scholarships) aimed solely at employees with children should revise their offerings to include all workers. It is similarly unjust to provide opportunities for leaves of absence, flextime and telecommuting exclusively on the basis of parental...
Dubbed "Big Government vs. Big Tobacco: Do the government lawsuits have merit?," the debate featured Cogan Professor of Law W. "Kip" Viscusi '71, who has testified for tobacco companies, and Professor of Law Einer R. Elhague '83, who has advised Janet Reno on the Justice Department's lawsuit...