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Word: meriting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Many music students are surprised that Purcell did not exert any considerable influence on his contemporaries and immediate successors. They are liable to draw the conclusion that succeeding generations relegated Purcell to the background because they could find no merit in his music...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Music Box | 3/31/1938 | See Source »

Stressing the merit of the Bill's provision for six presidential assistants, Professor Elliott said, "If I were looking for faults, I would criticize the abolishment of the Civil Service Commission; I think it should be retained as an examining body. In the second place, the Byrnes Bill makes no proper provision for the independent commissions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: William Y. Elliott Speaks in Favor of Roosevelt Measure For Government Reform; "Bill Is Over Bumps," He Says | 3/30/1938 | See Source »

...made no comment on the merit of Seversky's proposed ship, resolutely held secret the other submitted plans. As a $7,000,000 price tag had already been hung on the "Super-Clipper," it was obvious that Seversky had no expectation of getting an order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Superseversky | 3/28/1938 | See Source »

...last month's 20, four stood out as best bets. In order of merit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mysteries of the Month: Mar. 28, 1938 | 3/28/1938 | See Source »

What the Austrian Chancellor did last week to merit this accusation was to order what every leader of the German people has wanted ever since the World War: a nationwide Austrian plebiscite on the issue of whether Austria should unite with Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Austria Is Finished | 3/21/1938 | See Source »

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