But, he's quick to point out, only merit will determine whether those viewers will stay.

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The specific charges are too silly to merit a response, but it reminds me to point readers to the disclosure page on my website.

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At what point would you have concluded that holding the fund was not merit worthy for your portfolio?

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Ending patent protection usually requires a law suit, because the patent owner files follow-on patents of lesser merit to extend the patent period, and a court has to decide at what point the incremental patents are invalid.

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The point is not that capturing emissions in a cost-effective and technically feasible manner lacks any merit or that the industry should grouse about regulation.

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They point to the fact that private businesses stiffly oppose affirmative action in hiring, saying such quotas can kill merit.

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