Word: meritable
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...legal counsel openly contradict one another. The vice chancellor for finance, Ray Newman, contends that doctors are due compensation for work at Charity Hospital (which produces revenues for the university of $20 million to $30 million in payments), even as general counsel John Beal says the physicians merit no payment: "They provide the service as part of our community-service obligation." Still, Tulane officials dismiss Marrogi's complaints (as well as his lawsuit for unspecified damages) as having no basis in fact...
...Anderson denies both the charge and the alleged motivation: "To suggest that my staff and I conspired to push students out of school to ensure higher test scores is a theory that is without merit," he said in an e-mail. "As a school community Myers Park works diligently to help all students succeed...
...There's merit to the points made by both Petraeus and Satterfield, according to Antony Cordesman, a military strategy expert with Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies...
...lawsuits, pretrial discovery eases the job of determining what went wrong, who bears responsibility--and how to prevent future misconduct. Besides, the government can file relatively few cases, while private shareholders can sue a swindler whenever they feel wronged. Egregious misconduct may merit jail, but if the Administration is serious about keeping fraud in check, it won't rely on criminal cases to get the message...
...importance of that statement. Now, more than four years later, they feel his ice-breaking antic set the tone for their time together.They describe Norberg as amazingly caring, funny, and passionate—but he isn’t crazy. And the grade-school comment is not without merit. That day Norberg did, in fact, feel somewhat like a first grader. Having been homeschooled from second grade until college, that kindergarten diploma was the last one he had ever received. Weeks later, as Weld 52 settled in to freshman year, Norberg would find the transition difficult. Like his fellow freshmen...