Word: meritable
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...extravagantly ambitious and costly project, the world shudders, knowing the result will be an overblown, unwatchable exercise in narcissism. With Tom Hanks, though, things are different. Hanks is so modest and so intelligent that if he invests himself in a film there's good reason to believe it has merit. There is also reason to hope it will be a success. While it's satisfying to see certain stars get their comeuppance, Hanks seems to be someone who deserves to flourish...
Before Clinton's troubles, there were already concerns that sexual-harassment laws had gone too far. Jones' case shows that an innocent bystander who has been promoted can now be subpoenaed and required to show that the promotion was based on merit and not on having slept with the boss. And who really thinks the poor sap who spoke at work about a sexual innuendo on Seinfeld should have been sued? And while a woman's sexual history is not relevant, her behavior after an alleged incident can reasonably be considered...
...Preferential packages" are not formally considered merit scholarships--anathema to the Ivy League for years--because they still offer aid based on calculations of demonstrated need...
...that demonstrated need is met completely with grants instead of "self-help" aid like work-study and student loans. Princeton Director of Financial Aid Don Betterton, whose school does not use preferential packaging, called it "merit within need...
...from battling the stubborn fish, tosses him back into the sea. If things weren't clear enough the emcees go on to tell us to watch the erotic dance closely. The crowd loved the dance and it's hard to tell if it was due to the dancer's merit or Ivy League sexual repression...