Nor do Steinbeck's stories of police abuse don't seem out of place in a country where local law enforcement sometimes merits federal inquiry.
Six films on, at a time when those other wilfully odd film-makers, David O Russell and Alexander Payne, are routinely awarded major prizes, Anderson sometimes merits inclusion in the best original screenplay lists.
But into the void have stepped a few smaller accounting and regional law firms, which are increasingly offering individual investors complex tax transactions, some custom-designed, that sometimes merit scrutiny, according to Mr. Michel.
There is sometimes merit in being loudly appalled at the state of the world there was some collective strength on display when women got together to say it wasn't some advertiser's business whether or not their torsos were "beach body ready".
Part of the reason the public has lost confidence in our product is that it sometimes does not merit it.
Sometimes, train operators merit a smidgen of sympathy when they point out that most fare rises are dictated by ministers.
Both ran a succession of articles last week and were able to draw on a huge portfolio of photographs of Markle to illustrate stories of sometimes questionable merit.
Yet they still merited the success and, sometimes, the odd awkward passage is useful to ensure expectations do not become too inflated.
Honestly, those blokes don't just earn their merit - sometimes they get merit thrust down their throats!
