Word: meriting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...decibels more to Henry Luce's loud, everlasting orgy of American self-congratulation: "As news about J.B., even without newspapers, spread through New York, the theatre box office was beseiged, and a great play was on its way to being a great hit--proof that the public appreciates exceptional merit." (Earlier in the same issue on "the glittering, gossamer world of American entertainment," it had been reported that the country spends $125 million a year on rock-and-roll records, supports no fewer than 3500 disk jockeys, and has bought 30 million Elvis Presley records alone--but Life refrained from...
...Boston doesn't have an opera house, at least it once again has a resident opera company of some merit. With an expanded season and improved musical performances, Operation Opera may become a significant new addition to the sparsely covered American operatic...
...code sniffers and the cult worshipers. Once when asked why he put so many puzzlers into his works, Joyce replied: "To occupy my critics for 300 years." Richard Ellmann, professor of English at Northwestern University, worked a mere seven years on this huge biography, but its great and fascinating merit is that it demystifies Joyce without debunking him. It will be read as long as James Joyce is read...
Fred L. Glimp '50, Director of Freshman Scholarships, returned yesterday from a conference prompted by the concern of the President of the National Merit Scholarship Program over the increasing restrictions forced upon scholarship holders...
...wonders if the Conlon Associates report, regardless of its considerable merit, may not be used as a politician Rocinante on which foreign policy makers can charge the windmills of "public opinion." While Franklin Roosevelt advanced an unpopular foreign policy through major speeches (witness his "Quarantine the Aggressors" speech of 1937), future foreign policy-makers may hide behind the testimony of "experts," to give authority to innovation. It is encouraging to see that someone is interested in Red China recognition, but at the same time it is saddening to see that the arguments must be presented in such an oblique manner...