Word: meritable
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...Eleanor Kerlow suggests that the very basis of Harvard Law, namely egos, ideology and power politics, could raze it to its foundations. Ruin, then, becomes a catchy word that legitimates the book-which proves somewhat unfortunate; since the story has appeal and merit without flashy sales tactics. So never mind the sensationalist title; a real story with fascinating insights on Harvard Law emerges from behind the cover's second-rate best-seller...
...heighten conflict at the school, liberal students protesting discriminatory hiring practices were disciplined, sending waves of animosity through the community once more. Now the administration seemed guilty of double standards, although close examination proved the two situations sufficiently different to merit a discrepancy in administrative reaction. Still, many believed the discrepancy was a convenient manipulation of school rules in keeping with a politically partisan line...
...students from all over the world, who got here not because papa's rich, but because these are students who have real merit...
...This is just about the narrow question of whether--pending a determination on the merit--the results will be certified or not," she said. "The fact that the [four] questions are certified doesn't mean they won't be ultimately struck down as unconstitutional...
...issue of legitimacy follows from newsgroups' lack of accountability. People subscribe anonymously to newsgroups and write whatever they please with impunity, robbing them of any legitimate pretense. The type of noncritical topics that newsgroups explore (soc.culture.zsa.zsa.gabor) hardly merit attention from disinterested parties. Newsgroups are as legitimate as street corners where crazies and drunks trumpet their causes...