Word: merite
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...Bruins ran the Crimson off the pitch, and while Harvard displayed enough talent to merit its presence on the field, the team was simply overwhelmed at the ease in which UCLA eviscerated its vaunted attack. Harvard hadn’t played an opponent of UCLA’s caliber and thus hadn’t needed to change its playing style until the sun set in southern Cal and the Crimson’s 2006 season...
...average person, applying contemporary community standards, must find that the material as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest…the material, taken as a whole, must lack serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.” The Beats were poetry, and poetry had serious literary merit.“Phew,” I remember thinking. That is, until I scrolled down to find out that what I played could be deemed indecent under another standard, since the language could be found to be profane. Was it profane speech?What mattered more: The language...
...anyone suggesting that the people who drooled over her in the first place were in the wrong, Kournikova was the one chastised for profiting from it. It was essentially a cop-out to blame women for the fact that men often evaluate them based on looks rather than merit...
...Women, however, should take every opportunity to capitalize on this flaw in the system. The world is not equitable or merit-based in any sense of the word, but it is the responsibility of the propagators of such inequities—not the objects—to correct them. And as long as these problems exist, one might as well milk them. Sports fans, instead of buying into the stigmas attached to attractive athletes, should applaud those who have seized their opportunities. And the same goes for the working world. This is not to say women don?...
...However, capitalizing on an inequity—whether it’s superior looks, affirmative action, or your boss’s love for blondes—presents the problem of casting doubt over one’s true merit or skill. But we must remember that these situations present opportunities to smash the stigma of doubt through your performance. If someone wants to believe you don’t deserve that job, that fame, or that money, you can prove them wrong by being nothing short of impeccable at what you do. Of course, some will still hold onto...