Word: meritable
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...know admit that they came up short of greatness. Prince’s most recent release, the enigmatically titled “3121,” is also being called a “return to form” and lavished with praise out of proportion to its actual merit. “3121” is a fine record, and one of the better R&B releases of the year, but it’s an insult to Prince’s legacy to place it in the same league as his best work. The album?...
...James McAuley, who posed as a dead working-class poetic "genius" - by bringing a fabricated identity to life to haunt its creator. The novel's sprawling narrative was as gin-soaked and overripe as its Kuala Lumpur setting, but Carey's theme was sobering: how can we test the merit of a literary work...
...justification” of their private education while receiving no tangible benefits in the form of federal aid or a measurably better or more comprehensive education. When considering standardized testing at the collegiate level, it is impossible to see it as anything but wasteful, without merit, and disregarding the spirit of the Constitution. It should not be implemented under the current educational system, and hopefully Congress will have the wisdom to ignore the recommendations of the Committee on the Future of Higher Education.Shai D. Bronshtein ’09, a Crimson editorial editor, lives in Matthews Hall...
...When the President's brother swept into office in 1998, the first thing he did was to radically change they way Florida's youngest students were taught by ending social promotion and demanding high-stakes achievement tests. He also eventually got a general merit pay system passed, but its implementation has long been stymied by bureacratic snafus, teacher opposition and a lack of funding. So with only nine months left in his term, the popular governor must now convince state lawmakers of a sweeping vision that includes the nation's first statewide program linking teacher pay directly with students' test...
...becomes a tired, nauseating series of in-jokes. No matter what arguments writers, producers, and directors come up with to stick to such “cult of theater” elements, it’s become increasingly clear that these tropes are not being included for their own merit, but to cover something else—mediocrity. So when the rare show comes along that aspires to break through the familiar mold, it’s usually a welcome surprise. “Spamalot”—the musical adaptation of the 1975 classic comedy film...