Word: rewardingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Wolfe asserts with his customary hyperbole, "I, like so many others, have stood in front of a thousand, two thousand, God-knows-how-many thousand Pollocks, de Koonings, Newmans, Nolands, Rothkos, Rauschenbergs, Judds, Johnses... waiting, waiting, forever waiting for ... it ... for it to come into focus, namely, the visual reward [for so much effort] which must be there." The reward did not come. Ergo, it could never have been there, and anyone who thought it was -whether artist, critic, collector or onlooker-was either a patsy or a fraud...
Early in the essay, Riesman attempts a broad definition of his terms. Meritocracy is best described as a sort of competition for scarce rewards. For applicants to Harvard the reward is admission, for scholars the payoff comes in terms of tenure. These rewards are doled out of those who best meet the demands imposed upon them by the system, which by intellect or by invisible hand determines its own needs and sets its requirements accordingly. Meritocracy, Riesman explains, comes in two varieties: the "aristocratic" and the "democratic." In the former version, decisions about who wins and who loses the competition...
...between Moscow and China-with stopovers in Chiang's prisons. Behind bars, Ho honed his talent for writing poetry and began developing an avuncular manner that carefully masked his guile and ruthlessness. On occasion he would betray rival nationalist leaders to the French police and then donate the reward to the party...
...ledges, rooftops, even fire escapes and can keep the family in preserves and frozen pasta sauce all winter. A 15-ft. row of tomato plants can produce up to 100 Ibs. per season at a saving, says Fell, of at least $33. Squash, beans, peas and lettuce will also reward the diligent gardener with bountiful crops. This year, for the fashionable or the finicky, seed-growers are even offering blue potatoes, yellow melons, purple beans and yellow beets...
...action, and we cannot expect it to be easy action. It will take all our energy, all our compassion, all our strength. We will need determination and faith, for truly it is our mission on earth, Without those, we are lost, but with them the big payoff and final reward will dwarf the millions that the selfish have hoarded and heal the divisiveness and the wounds already seared. It is our duty together, and together we must begin. For as my father quoted Albert Camus...