Word: merited
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...called “merit aid” has made it harder for students from low- and middle-income families to attend college, since aid has not necessarily been focused on those who financially need it, according to financial aid officials...
Harvard officials were also concerned that since some of the schools which signed the agreement offer merit aid or athletic scholarships, that placing a “cap” on need-based aid—a cap on top of which those other schools could still offer merit or athletic aid—would place Harvard, which does not provide merit or athletic scholarships, at a strategic disadvantage in the admissions process...
...argue with our choice of Best Novelist or Best Singer, but no one doubts each is a legitimate category. Where the debate gets trickier is whether some categories even merit inclusion, such as Best DJ. We ultimately decided yes, and music critic Chris Farley defends that decision in his story...
...stem cell research, but another accepts it; the Methodists might want to protect embryos, but traditional Jewish law treats them “as if they were water.” Finally, the Commission tries to split the baby—perhaps literally—by deciding that embryos merit some respect as “a form of human life,” but not quite so much respect as an adult. A nice compromise, since it leads to no distinct conclusions and satisfies...
...believes Oslo is dead, and insists he'll only discuss long-term interim agreements. But for Arafat, the only purpose of talking to the Israelis rather than fighting them is the possibility that this will achieve his cherished Palestinian state. He'll struggle convince Palestinians that there's any merit in simply agreeing to coexist peacefully under the current distribution of land and power between the two peoples...