Word: merited
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...standards,” however, the Ad Board is presumptuous. Rather than adhering to its intended purpose, namely, to determine the punishment for those actions that fall within a defined discretion, the Ad Board appropriates itself an unacceptably large scope due to its ability to arbitrarily decide what infractions merit its attention...
With their outrage, ordinary citizens have affirmed their opposition to the abuse of privilege. With their smug satisfaction, they have expressed not their envy but their faith-sustaining belief in merit as the arbiter of success; in a word, fairness...
...inordinate success with “b” depends mainly on our own skills. We are the ones who scored 1600 on our SATs or mastered the oboe underwater. We ascribe our progress towards the United States Congress or the presidency of Citigroup as a reflection of our merit; we view our achievements as a statement that we belong among our forefathers, such as John F. Kennedy ’40, John Updike ’54, or Senator Al Gore ’69. But it is exactly that tradition of success that should limit our hubristic interpretation...
...four parties filed suit against Eli Lilly on the same day the patent was awarded, according to Laurie A. Allen, senior vice president for legal and business development at Ariad. Eli Lilly, maker of the popular antidepressant Prozac, disputes the claims and asserts that the suit is without merit. “We believe Ariad’s patent is invalid, not infringed and unenforcable,” spokeswoman Terra Fox wrote in a statement. In a court brief, Eli Lilly argues that the institutions had patented “natural, scientific principles,” making their claims invalid...
...unsure how faculty feel about special admissions consideration for their children. “I think a lot of faculty don’t think their children should get special consideration,” Lewis says. “I think a lot of faculty are interested in merit-based admissions.” Jacobsen also says he does not think faculty can expect their children to gain special admissions consideration, but he does call tuition relief a “serious incentive” and “symbolic” because other universities provide the benefit...