Word: meriting
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...service academies claim they have gone about as far as they can to liberalize rules, and they see merit in retaining stern discipline. A West Point cadet was dismissed last month because he had claimed to have shined his shoes, then voluntarily admitted that he had lied. But cadets can wear blazers on weekends, the high, stiff uniform collars are gone and, notes one colonel in a swipe at Zumwalt and Westmoreland, "We removed reveille two years ago, but we didn't call a press conference to announce...
...third suggestion would put the choice of chairmen up to the caucus, which could choose from any of its members. This would be the most democratic method and, in theory anyway, would allow choices to be made on merit alone. The principal objection to this plan is that it could lead to all sorts of unseemly plotting and bargaining; conceivably, it might take Congress weeks to organize itself after every election...
...first act as president was to set up a commission to revamp the schizophrenic admission policy of Michigan State. The admissions committee has previously sought a combination of National Merit Scholarship winners and rural high school graduates...
Lukawski won All-State honors as a senior in high school and was selected as a member of "Parade" Magazine's Annual High School All-American team. He is a former National Merit Scholar and a Harvard National Scholar. During high school he also ran track and played basketball for four years. A biology major, he plans a career in medicine...
...reason for the lowered projection is the cutback in federal as well as private programs, such as the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, the two officials said...