Word: meritably
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Conservative local officials, however, are having trouble adjusting to the changes. The law is fuzzy on procedures and powers for local bureaucrats, who are finding ways to block the reform. In Moscow, for example, a commission has been appointed to judge the artistic and moral merit of handicrafts proposed for sale. A young Moscow mother of two who paints churches on wooden eggs was turned down because her wares were "of a religious nature." A jeweler's products were rejected because the work, although it sells briskly, was deemed "ugly...
Under the peer review process, federal agencies such as the National Science Foundation or the National Institute of Health call in outside experts to judge proposals for experiments or construction projects based on merit, the competence of the institutions, and the possible impacts of the proposals' results...
...rejection by Academy members of Samuel P. Huntington, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, culminates more than a year of debate on the scientific merit of Huntington's work and on the legitimacy of social science as a part...
Chairman of the Government Department Robert D. Putnam said yesterday that Huntington was one of the "most distinguished political scientists of this century" and that he was surprised that a body judging scholarly merit would not elect Huntington...
...final clubs are vestiges of a Harvard which should have passed more than a generation ago. The University seems to be truly committed to making merit rather than money the salient factor in determining admission. Two-thirds of today's undergraduates, for instance, receive some form of financial...