Word: meritable
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...found; those who were separate become joined; the estranged are reunited. This is a universal good--the stuff from which our favorite movies are made. Of course, it's also a potential clich in the making. Some amount of significance, separate from the allure of universality, must exist to merit the making of a new film. Still, Lynch sticks to his tried and true methods in The Straight Story. Again, Lynch collaborates with composer Angelo Baladamenti to create a score that is hauntingly reminiscent of earlier works. (One can't help but wonder if this was an intentional manipulation...
Only 33 departments in the country--that's 33 out of 43,000--merit a Class One ranking...
...there were style points for football, Harvard (3-2, 1-1 Ivy) would have gotten a 10 out of 10 based on the first half, even from the always-stingy East German judge. The second half was far lower in technical and artistic merit--about a zero on both scales...
They are without merit and deserve...
...could be withheld from any activity whose only purpose is the desecration, rather than the well-intentioned artistic presentation, of an alternative world view. After all, when government funds all manner of artistic visions equally and then steps back as they compete in the marketplace of ideas, it is merit that determines whatever establishment of truth ensues...