Word: meriting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Clark said that supporters of Trubek wereciting his administrative skills as much as hisscholarly talents. "I think Bok said, 'pay moreattention to scholarly merit," Clark said...
...since their victims are those for whom the faculty, given its political leanings, feels little or no sympathy, the university is basically paralyzed, unable with any good conscience to confront them. One can't help wondering whether Dean Epps' charges against the protestors were dismissed because they lacked merit or because the university lacked spine. That the protestors continue to act with such impudence and impunity, despite the university's warnings, shows how much they despise it. They are evidently persuaded that the administration is bluffing and lacks the courage of its proclaimed convictions; and, alas, the administration continually proves...
Conservative local officials, however, are having trouble adjusting to the changes. The law is fuzzy on procedures and powers for local bureaucrats, who are finding ways to block the reform. In Moscow, for example, a commission has been appointed to judge the artistic and moral merit of handicrafts proposed for sale. A young Moscow mother of two who paints churches on wooden eggs was turned down because her wares were "of a religious nature." A jeweler's products were rejected because the work, although it sells briskly, was deemed "ugly...
Under the peer review process, federal agencies such as the National Science Foundation or the National Institute of Health call in outside experts to judge proposals for experiments or construction projects based on merit, the competence of the institutions, and the possible impacts of the proposals' results...
Chairman of the Government Department Robert D. Putnam said yesterday that Huntington was one of the "most distinguished political scientists of this century" and that he was surprised that a body judging scholarly merit would not elect Huntington...