Word: merite
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...more that toleration is spoken of as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights. . . . May the Children of the Stock of Abraham who dwell in this land, continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other inhabitants, while every one shall sit in safety under his own Vine and Figtree, and there shall be none to make him afraid...
...where ten minutes apiece suffice for a shining view of anything from milking a cow to the World of Tomorrow (see p. 10), visitors last week inspected a new panorama in 25 neat stages. In value per square foot it topped all other exhibits at the Fair; in cultural merit it was one of the few at which none could carp. It consisted of 400 paintings by the finest masters who worked in Europe between...
...those responsible for most great American accomplishments: businessmen. Now particularly, if Napoleon was right, the U. S. needs great businessmen to combat depression and unemployment. But last week, it was France, not the U. S., which instituted a new decoration: the eight-pointed star of the Order of Commercial Merit, for doers of great business deeds...
...will left by Dr. Richard Clarke Cabot, rich, blue-blooded Social Ethics professor at Harvard, who died last month: "I . . . realizing that God has allowed me a life of almost unbroken happiness upon this earth, and that this happiness has been due in no way to any merit of mine, but has been permitted in spite of grievous sins and shortcomings, do now make this, my last will and testament." To friends and servants he bequeathed $200,000; to pet philanthropies about...
Scattered among pleas for "thoughtful rebels" and for definite merit criteria, the eight distinguished professors recommended the abolition of assistant professorships. They wisely felt the probationary period before final decision on permanent appointment to be too long and by the elimination of one academic rank they hoped to provide the lucky few with security at an earlier age. At the same time, they wished to set the others on the job-path before any lasting damage had been dealt their careers. But recognizing the dangers of applying its proposals too hastily, they worried: "Although some of the Committee's suggestions...