21.   Applefield thinks the European approach has its merits.

22.   As the film winds down, this proves to be not much of an acting role, but at least it has serious merit as a fashion statement.

23.   Aside from being a great movie line, the quotation has the merit of being historically true.

24.   Asians, however, were more likely to modify their own position, acknowledging that even the weaker arguments had some merit.

25.   At the time, commission officials decided that the Judicial Watch complaint did not have enough merit for the commission to expend its limited resources on it.

26.   At the same time, his lawyers told the court they believed an appeal would have merit.

27.   Base Metal says the charges have no merit.

28.   Both arguments have merit.

29.   Both have their followers, and both have their merits.

30.   Both theories have merit, because even the most unsophisticated investors are obsessed with getting the highest return possible.