Word: meriting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...possible within 200 pages, he has touched upon all the interesting aspects of the Holmes saga. Illustrators, parodists, actors, imitators,--all come under his facile pen. One must conclude that, if Mr. Starrett has been a little too willing to be naive, his naivete has at least the merit of being understood; and that for the rest, his biography is vivacious and readable...
History 40 under Mr. Doolin covers the history of France from the Wars of Religion to the eve of the French Revolution, with a liberal amount of attention paid to the political theorists of the period. The outstanding merit of the course is probably Mr. Doolin's ability to make the political events more understandable in the light of the political theory. The contributing causes of the Revolution are made to stand out vividly in the student's mind. Although his lectures are well filled with specific facts, Mr. Doolin has an enlightening habit of slipping in salient generalizations...
...Committee is not definitely pledging to award the letter until skiing has developed sufficiently to show that the interest will be such as to warrant such an action. This move, however, is definitely favorable to the skiiers, who are planning intercollegiate competition of a calibre which is expected to merit the minor...
...winner of the intercollegiate award is not determined by the number of victories or tie games on a soccer teams's record, but on general excellence during the season. The merit of a team's opponents is also a factor considered in awarding the prizes...
...Bruce Black, President of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, denied that his company had anything to do with this movement. He said that policies were granted purely on individual merit, and that there was no discrimination against any class...