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...University of Michigan recognized Bergmann’s work with a citation of merit...
...Affirmative action has taught people that universities are about social justice instead of academic merit,” Mansfield said. “I like President Bush’s phrase, ‘It’s brought about the soft bigotry of lowered expectations.’ Especially now when the criterion of diversity is used, it amounts to a quota system...
...based on what some 50 million Gujaratis decide. For the BJP, it is a test of whether hate politics work and, as hard-liners see it, whether the party is being extreme enough. And for Congress, the result will determine if its platform of tolerance still has electoral merit. But with opinion polls hinting at a narrow Modi victory, supporters and detractors alike predict the Gujarati Chief Minister can only rise further within the BJP, perhaps to national government...
...Rawls wrote A Theory of Justice and it was a truly extraordinary achievement both for its intrinsic merit and because it was written against a kind of backdrop of a kind of wasteland in the field,” Cohen said...
...neighbors on campus. People sacrifice for opportunities for their kids, and the kids try to live up. The pressure there is perhaps more compelling than any scout’s visit or looming draft date, and it’s something that makes Morris much like every National Merit Scholar in the dining hall or Intel finalist in the labs. Sure, the football paraphernalia is proudly displayed in his common room, but what Harvard student hasn’t displayed a science fair medal on the refrigerator, a debate trophy in the living room, a varsity letter on his jacket...