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Fernando and Osmin were both valedictorians of their high school, and each earned a merit scholarship that covered tuition and housing at Loyola University New Orleans.

Sweden, which recently joined Nato, has started a nine- to 15-month military service with selection on merit.

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Articles 25 and 27 give Fifa the freedom to consider the merits and impact of a suspension.

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“Deutsche Bank considers the legal claims by former employees in this matter to be entirely without merit,” a spokesperson maintained.

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When the time comes, these words from Ms. Antonetta will merit consideration: “Programs of euthanasia and sterilization don’t just live in the past, terrible but finished. Their aftershocks are terrible and here.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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