Word: meriting
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...mention the nation's richest. But if officials give into the temptation to sell bits and pieces to the highest bidder, how can the University maintain its institutional independence and its own ethical integrity? And how can Harvard preserve its newfound status as an institution based on merit and no longer just status and wealth...
...higher learning--not to mention the nation's richest. But if officials give into the temptation to sell bits and pieces to the highest bidder, how can the University maintain any institutional independence and ethical integrity? And how can Harvard preserve its newfound status as an institution based on merit and no longer just status and wealth...
Fortunately for the dignity of fans, every publishing season brings along at least a few items of sufficient literary merit or sheer entertainment value to make a mystery addiction seem respectable. This year's leading entries come from two old hands at humor, one regaining his form after several lean years, the other moving on to complex sociological terrain. Also affording special pleasure are a Sherlockian pastiche from an elder statesman, the eagerly awaited return of two detectives whose creator prefers plumbing the darkest of psyches, a couple of hard-boiled escapades centered on the trade in illegal immigrants...
...think there is some merit to Barbara's case,although I don't feel this is a sexist and highlydiscriminating environment," Herzlinger said. "Inever felt the University was likely to win thecase. I think Barbara's charges are very serious...
COMPARISONS between A World Apart and Cry Freedom, Richard Attenborough's recent film about journalist Donald Woods' scrape with the South African government, are inevitable. The two films are, in fact, quite similar, although A World Apart had the misfortune to be released second. Many question the merit of making films about South Africa that focus on white liberals. Yet with A World Apart, this approach seems justified, not because First's life is more heroic than those of Black leaders, but because her family's lifestyle perfectly parallels that of middle class Americans. And since the film centers...