Word: merited
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Rowley, who has written what has been called the definitive biography on Wright, argued that Wright’s later works had substantial literary merit, but that their value was overlooked because the tone often expressed in his works clashed with the patriotism espoused during the McCarthy...
While it is too early to call Kirby, Faust and Ellison front-runners, they are, according to one observer, “obvious candidates” who will merit serious consideration...
...amidst all this green, Harvard has lost the ability to discriminate which student groups and events merit funding and which personal interests groups can be cultivated without formal grants...
These bodies should use a strict test of educational merit and community contribution when making decisions about grants to student groups. Certainly there is nothing wrong with wanting to play Scrabble or exhibit your love of New Jersey. But board games and state pride do not directly contribute to the educational goals of the University. Nor do they better Harvard as a place of learning or address an unmet need in our city. Therefore, they should not receive formal funding from Harvard. These interests should be pursued on students’ own time and at their own expense...
Methanex wants U.S. taxpayers to compensate it for $970 million in profits it would lose as a result of a California MTBE phaseout. CEO Pierre Choquette asserts, "We believe the ban of MTBE was politically motivated" to favor the U.S.-made gasoline additive ethanol "and has no scientific merit." The company's director of investor relations, Brad Boyd, says, "California should make sure its underground gas tanks don't leak. That's what would protect the public...