Word: meriting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Friday night at Briggs Athletic Center, the Harvard men's basketball team proved the merit of that statement with a disappointing 74-69 loss to Dartmouth, snapping a three-game winning streak...
...Macmillan remained active in retirement. While attending to the family business (the prestigious Macmillan Publishers Ltd.), he managed to produce six volumes of memoirs. He was awarded the Order of Merit, one of Britain's most coveted honors, in 1976. In an interview with the BBC in October 1983, Macmillan showed that he still possessed one of the sharpest wits in British politics. He suggested that Thatcher should not become too worried about inflation, not work too hard and not read the newspapers. He also advised her not to take herself too seriously...
Offutt proposed subsidizing the Indy in exchange for free space in the campus weekly. In an unusual editorial in the next day's Indy, President David E. Yarowsky '87 said there was no merit to Offutt's claim...
...their own personal business, unless an activity can be shown to have direct negative bearing upon their ability to perform their duties. No such caveat applies in this case. Very few council members belong to no other organizations. No one has the right to pass judgement upon the merit of their membership in these organizations. The fact that at the present time it is considered both fun and politically correct to bash the final clubs is no excuse. The political and social climate here is not static, and what is popular today may be unpopular tomorrow. What is to prevent...
...face of the matter, these arguments have some merit. Advertisers want to sell products, and therefore they perpetuate the myth that women can achieve happiness only by being objects of beauty, by adorning themselves with every type of jewelry, clothing and make-up imaginable. As long as the thirst for the almighty buck remains unquenched, this sexist treatment will continue...