Sentence examples for merits of him from inspiring English sources

Neil Burns, the chief executive of the London County Cricket Club, a mentoring organisation said: "We have been discussing for a while the merits of him being frank about his problems.

Barr was hoping that his appearance on "The Colbert Report" would allow him to air his views at length; his staff had debated the merits of flying him to New York for the taping, or to Denver, where they thought he could attract press attention on the sidelines of the Democratic Convention.

Bush, already viewed as illegitimate by many Democrats, became one of the most hated Presidents in American history; the writer Nicholson Baker even published a novella about the merits of assassinating him.

Once the Yankees decided to negotiate with Alex Rodriguez after his memorable opt-out in 2007, they debated the merits of signing him to a 10-year contract and an unprecedented investment of $275 million.

But it's a promise still made frequently today: "simplicity" is the selling point of nearly every app, phone or tablet, and when Mark Zuckerberg wants to convince you of the merits of letting him sell your soul to advertisers, there's a reason he uses the lubricious phrase "frictionless sharing" – it sounds so full of ease.

The NFL has lifted the suspension of guard Richie Incognito — the player at the center of the Miami Dolphins' locker-room bullying scandal — and at least one interested team is weighing the merits of signing him.

Meanwhile, the merits of bringing him along include wild team bonding sessions, the revival of the phrase "good touch for a big man", and quite possibly an ungainly header to edge the Three Lions out of the group stage before they are inevitably twatted in the Round of 16.

In 2006 he moved to Sheffield, having characteristically drawn up a spreadsheet analysing the merits for him of each of the towns in which his children lived.

Since no one would take on a Saudi billionaire in the plaintiff-friendly British court, Mahfouz never had to address the merits of the allegations against him in an adversarial proceeding.

There may be disagreement on the exact merits of the case against him, but charging a young man like Mr. Swartz with federal offenses punishable by over 35 years of federal imprisonment seems remarkably aggressive -- particularly when it appears that one of the principal aggrieved parties, the academic subscription service JSTOR, did not support a criminal prosecution.

(Isherwood) 'Him' The merits of this bonbon (written and directed by the onetime glittering New York talent manager and social operator Clifford Streit) about a gay couple almost undone by the Hollywood closet are so abundant that it's painful when you realize the malicious disdain the play has for women (1 10).