Word: meritably
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...spite of her academic achievements, many of Raisa's fellow citizens perceive her as having risen to prominence not so much through merit as through marriage, something of a throwback in an egalitarian society like the Soviet Union. "Raisa Maximovna ought to be more modest," says a young village woman. "If we knew she was a help to her husband on these trips and didn't just go along to enjoy herself, our whole impression of her would be different." Adds Luda Yevsukova, a Soviet emigre in Washington: "She's a normal woman who married well. She gets nice clothes...
Last Tuesday after the union won the election by a close margin, Taylor announced that the University might file such a complaint. University officials have not made a final decision since they want to be certain that the charge is legitimate and serious enough to merit holding a recall election, Taylor said...
...close scrutiny of the fine print shows that Harvard's salary increases are not being compared to other universities' salary increases, but to their merit budget increases. Merit budgets are not total salary increases, only one minor component. Harvard is comparing apples with oranges...
...study, but such texts as the Koran and the writings of Confucius can not be ignored, presenting new perspectives, and representing major literary and spiritual schools of thought. The fact that this country's Secretary of Education believes that societies and groups outside of mainstream Western life do not merit study by American students displays elitist bigotry at its worst...
...Society of Arab Students of "extremism, anti-Americanism, sensationalism and hate." Such accusations prey on the basest of assumptions about Arabs in general, and Palestinians in particular. Simply because we bring attention to Israel's political and human rights violations in the occupied territories does not mean we merit the titles of extremists, anti-Americans sensationalists, or hate-filled people. We are concerned human beings with legitimate grievances which we wish to express, just as Hillel expresses concern over Soviet Jewry, just as the South African Solidarity Committee expresses concern about apartheid...