Word: meriting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Thurmond is haunted by a past that does not exactly merit a seat on the Judiciary Committee. He was a rapid proponent of segregation in 1948 but has since become a repentant integrator. Originally a Democrat, he has become the definition of an archconservative Republican. Even with his experience, Thurmond must rest a few notches below Metzenbaum on the whom-do-you-trust totem pole...
...just as culture for the elite is so often public, like museums and libraries, the very highest of high. TV news is public access programming. NPR, PRS, WGBH and BBC have great merit, but narrowly circumscribed viewer appeal this is why they are always scraping for support from viewers like...
...essentially, Harvard depends on prestige and reputation alone to keep up its numbers of Black students. Without offering free-rides, special perks, merit-based aid or better concentrating its recruitment efforts, Harvard has little bargaining leverage in the bidding war for highly qualified Black students...
...President Neil L. Rudenstine acknowledged last year, Harvard may have to attract merit-based scholarships to keep highly sought-after Black students. Harvard must realize that College admissions is now an issue of dollars and cents and, just as importantly, an issue of hustling to sell students on a campus that offers more than just the Harvard stamp of approval...
...charges as I understand them have no merit," she said. "We didn't have communication with the company about...