Word: meriting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that its material, on the other hand, must in nowise be considered as below the usual standard of Advocate endeavor. And an issue of whatever nature, conceived and produced during the drab weeks when winter has gone and spring has not yet appeared, may be considered of no ordinary merit if it lives up to even the usual standard...
...order to alleviate the situation in her secondary school it seems that England must employ new methods for awarding scholarships in the transition of her educational hierarchy. Character and general merit might at least be taken into consideration as regards a proportion of the students, while the joint authorities of both the primary and secondary schools could profitably unite in making out the examination for the rest of the students. The best children from every point of view should be given preference over those who merely have superficial preparation. American colleges through experience could recommend this policy...
Others recognized Bellanca's merit. Col. Chamberlin reports that Lindbergh tried to buy the Columbia from Mr. Levine and the Wright Company, which supplied the motor. Both refused to sell, satisfied that his attempt to fly to Paris alone and in a land machine was "suicide...
...great and still flourishing statesman who dreamed a republic which came true has just set down his dream and much of his autobiography. Simultaneously has appeared a brilliant biography of the late Emperor Franz Josef out of whose realm the republic was dreamed. Both books have much merit...
...revealed that he, a candidate for the Presidency, had stooped to discuss patronage: "... I have played the game square. ... I can only say this, in perfect good nature, that if in this contest the organization feels that what I have done is of so little importance as not to merit consideration, I shall, of course, feel in the remaining time I am in the Senate, that I will be fully justified in following a different course...