Word: meritably
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since the end of the cold war. And yet, when Kerry spoke to the VFW two days later, he attacked Bush's position, using an argument with some merit but of microscopic import in the midst of a presidential campaign: he said it was a "hasty" and "political" plan and certainly not a good negotiating tactic to withdraw troops from Korea while we are trying to get the North Koreans to drop their nuclear program...
Murphy wrote in an e-mail that the allegations are “completely without merit,” adding that FFIA made a “purely business decision” to settle...
...their work also helps them acquire Buddhist merit, improving their Karma. There's a worldly angle, too: their organization posts photographs of crash scenes outside its Bangkok headquarters to remind the public of its good work; the more photos, the greater the income from donations, it seems. Anand, a former deliveryman, says he's never had nightmares resulting from his work despite 19 years in the gruesome...
...clones of one another. In his new book, Weirdos in the Workplace, Putzier argues that even the quirkiest employees--from crazy Annie, who talks to her pets on the phone once a day, to annoying Lester, who pesters you to buy his daughter's Girl Scout cookies--have their merit. The book contains humorous real-life case studies that exemplify the growing phenomenon of "doing your own thing." After all, we live in an age of Fear Factor and Survivor, in which "everyone wants their 15 minutes of fame," says Putzier. Tolerating employees who are different might be a sensible...
...state railroad company. The artists work regular hours, are expected to produce a stipulated quota of works, and are sometimes enlisted in "speed-war" contests that test their ability to pump out patriotic art in volume. Depending on seniority and productivity, an artist can rise from the ranks of "merit artist" to "people's artist" or even "hero...