Word: meritable
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...what he called a bait-and-switch scheme operated by "a slick direct-mail baron" in Ohio. He wrote a story headlined JACKING IN FROM THE P.T. BARNUM PORT and dispatched it to the Net. He was promptly sued for libel. Whatever the truth of the story -- or the merit of the suit -- Meeks now faces a $25,000 legal bill that, because he was working on his behalf, not his employer's, he must pay out of his own pocket. It was a pointed reminder to reporters -- and would-be reporters on the Internet -- that the laws of libel...
...from across the world, including its most troubled communities. Professionalizing knowledge concentrates the production and consumption of legitimate knowledge in the hands of fewer people. Strengthening alumni connections turns putatively meritorious students into social climbing graduates who climb as much, if not more, because of their connections as their merit. Plucking promising youth from troubled towns may advance a school’s prestige, but this individualistic approach does little to solve community problems as it propels those youth up the social ladder, rarely to return to their troubled communities...
...This is one of those claims that is always made that I think has the least merit,” Peterson says. “All the money is doing is following the child. If you don’t have the student, you don’t need the money...
...snacks and beverages—anything from Poland Spring to Easy Mac—to your door on weekends, HSA delivers any day of the week, but only during select weeks. (Kopko explains that since his company delivers in bulk, demand isn’t high enough to merit being on-call all the time...
...more surreal second. Perhaps, the one piece of decoration that falls flat is the series of framed silhouettes of horses surrounding a door. While horses are certainly a motif in the play, their role in the play’s message is not prominent enough to merit such a central placement of the prop in the set. As a result, the decoration’s presence tends to confuse audiences mulling the play’s symbolism rather than add to the action...