Word: meriting
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...military than to the President. In 1985 he filled in as armed forces chief while Ver faced conspiracy charges in the assassination of Opposition Leader Benigno Aquino, the current President's husband. Ramos and Enrile persuaded Marcos to hear the complaints of junior officers who wanted promotions based on merit, not favoritism. The talks came to nothing, but Ramos gained points with younger officers. Military reform is still high on his agenda. Western military observers in Manila say armed forces morale has been steadily climbing since Aquino took office. Nonetheless many troops are still ill equipped, badly disciplined and poorly...
...Gillette counterattacked last week with a claim in Boston's Federal District Court that charged Perelman with violating insider-trading laws. Gillette's lawyers issued a blizzard of demands for records from Boesky and a host of other Wall Street investment firms. Perelman called the Gillette accusations "totally without merit and self-serving." He denied that he had ever had any dealings with Boesky and vowed that he would press on with his takeover suit...
...SICK OF people bashing Stephen King. Any discussion of horror movies or books leads to the inevitable disparagement of King as pop slash-master, ghoulmonger, corpsedragger, goresplasher--as anything but a writer of merit. When Rob Reiner's Stand By Me was released, the deservedly glowing reviews mentioned the story's author in as offhand way as possible--as if it was good despite being written by King...
...that comment is totally inappropriate in these circumstances. The student groups in question include the two recognized institutions of student government on campus. Moreover, the other groups involved have repeatedly demonstrated that they enjoy support from a significant portion of the community. If such a coalition does not even merit an audience with the Corporation, then we must assume no one does...
Business School officials yesterday referredinquiries to the General Counsel's office, whichhas said the case is "without merit...