Word: meriting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...East House Bake Sale and Party helped break down the widespread stereotype of Cliffies as academic and intellectual snobs who don't know how to have a good time or when to "stop being a whiz kid." Radcliffe may perhaps justifiably be thought of as a haven for National Merit Scholars who wear their grades pinned to their sweaters. But on the other hand, there exist along with them Cliffies who can enjoy a Bake Sale and a party, organized for the dual purposes of fund- and fun-raising. And there are many, many other Cliffies--such as the seven...
...choked buildings on fire stories. Indeed, as the Constitution's editor, and particularly as its publisher since 1960, McGill proved too kindly to crack the editorial whip that the slipping newspaper needed. It is a measure of the man that the paper enjoyed a reputation far exceeding its merit only because Ralph McGill was there...
Under the banner of mutual loyalty and concern, Laing says, men become nonthinking tools of the group. All those who belong to it are considered We, and merit its protection and privileges; those who stand outside the chosen circle are labeled Them and deemed the enemy-"the Reds, the Whites, the Blacks, the Jews." At its extreme, Laing warns apocalyptically, the "demonic group mysticism" of We-Them can evolve into a "brotherhood unto death," as in Nazi Germany. "Induce people all to want the same thing, hate the same thing, feel the same threat, then their behavior is already captive...
...namely, that the academic department is normally a cautious and careful filter through which courses and recommendations of instructional staff must pass. The CEP does not foresee any academic department's "adopting" existing ROTC courses or instructors without the closest scrutiny to satisfy itself that the course has academic merit and that the instructor is competent to teach it and free of outside control in that teaching. We believe it is more likely that any courses counting toward academic credit would be taught by civilians...
...upheaval? The losers-and some not-so-satisfied winners-had complained that Johnson's original awards were made less on merit than on the wondrous performance of old political cronies who had interests in the victorious carriers. Eastern Airlines, a loser that has already been in serious difficulties (TIME, Jan. 24), had the least political lift...