Word: meritably
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Instead, he recommended that smoking automatically merit an R rating...
...insulate it from the ravages of globalization; no more reflexive opposition to the U.S., which enjoyed a rare expression of Gallic affection when Sarkozy said: "France will always be by their side when they need it." Sarkozy also declared that he wants "to rehabilitate work, authority, morality, respect and merit." André Glucksmann, a philosopher who has embraced Sarkozy, sees a parallel to this revolutionary epoch. "France was liberated in May '68," he says. "Now Sarkozy, with his plain talk, has shaken up France again...
...fate of the pier remains to be determined at a series of government meetings that could provide an answer as early as the end of May. But the activists have already won one small battle. On May 9, the Antiquities Advisory Board, the body that reviews whether buildings merit preservation, recommended saving Queen's Pier. If the Chief Executive follows the Board's lead, the pier could be on its way to being declared a monument...
...local time, when Nicolas Sarkozy was declared the next President de la Republique, there was a unanimous explosion of joy inside the Alliance Fran?aise. Chanting and dancing, these talented and ambitious young expatriates were celebrating the triumph of the principles of hard work, individuality and merit in a country whose dysfunctional economy had forced them to choose a voluntary exile in order to pursue their career potential. To them, including myself, Sarkozy represents the hope that one day, they will be able to chase their entrepreneurial dreams in the land of their birth...
...After speaking of his lifelong love of France and pride of being French, Sarkozy reiterated the main domestic themes denounced by his opponents as pandering to the hard right, including restoring the values of patriotism, "work, authority, morality, respect, merit - [and] the nation and national identity". Still, Sarkozy was careful to note that, as President, he'd also defend the interests and sensibilities of those who voted against him. He reserved particular - and rare - praise for his opponent Royal, her voters, and "her ideals that so many French people associate with...