Word: merite
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...weeks before, snored down across the finish line of the third National Reliability Tour into Ford Airport, Detroit. First to cross the line was a Pitcairn Mailwing. Four seconds later came Pilot Eddie Stinson of Detroit, with seven passengers in a cabined monoplane of his own design. Of the merit points awarded for keeping to schedule, not having accidents, fuel economy, etc.-he had 2,000 more than any other contestant. The ships had traveled 4,200 miles, from Detroit to New England, down the coast to Baltimore, cross country via Pittsburgh and Cleveland into Michigan again, back south...
...should necessarily be extended to auxiliaries." This first point was in itself a polite negation of U. S. aims at the Parley; but the second point squarely supported the British thesis, thus: "The British proposal for reducing the size of capital ships and extending the age limit undoubtedly has merit, proving that it will contribute in no small measure toward the diminution of naval expenditures...
...Parthenon. Scholars are inclined to believe them the work of Phidias. If not his, who else could have equaled his genius? seems to be the usual conclusive argument. It is generally granted that Phidias had no equal in his time, that many of the pieces in question are of merit equal to the Apollo Belvidere, the Laocoon, the Torso of the Belvidere...
Unusual concentration of interest unusual continuity of service, mark the life-story of Fred Wadsworth Moore and explain the unusual merit of his work as graduate treasurer of Harvard's athletics. One turns back to the autumn of 1889 when Fred Moore was a Freshman in college, and one finds him manager of his class football team. As a Senior, of course, he is manager of the varsity. He determines to win a degree at the law school, and he wins it, but in the way, he takes "time out" to serve for a year or more as Harvard...
...following new books are advertised here by their publishers only at the express invitation of TIME's Book Editor. Not all the good books are here advertised; but all the books here advertised are good. ¶They are books selected from extensive lists as being of outstanding merit and interest for TIME-readers. Laudatory "blurbs" are purposely omitted, being unnecessary. Each book's mere presence in the list testifies to its excellence; each book admitted has been, or will be, descriptively reported in TIME text. ¶Reading these books you will partake of the cream of this season...