101.   Great Western said the allegations have no merit.

102.   Goldin says the idea has merit and should be investigated, and the approach has been endorsed by House Speaker Newt Gingrich and other Republicans.

103.   He also ruled that the claims had no merit and that Cheney, a former Defense Secretary who represented Wyoming in Congress, is no longer a Texan.

104.   He estimates that about half have artistic merit, and in recent years he has had bad luck making more pictures.

105.   Hallinan conceded that the idea had merit.

106.   He said the study had merit but called it limited because of its focus on deaths instead of later heart attacks.

107.   Heated arguments continued for years, although younger German historians later agreed that many of his inferences from contemporary documents had some merit.

108.   He said the lawsuit had no merit and expressed satisfaction with the cancellation of the Pearson deal.

109.   His biographer, Evanier, says the story has some merit.

110.   His idea for an oil pipeline linking the Caspian and Mediterranean seas may even have merit.