Word: merit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Aside from the exigencies of competition. Texas A&M's chief factor in calculating salaries for its professors is individual achievement, says Groot. "After we've considered the competition, to figure the rest of the salary increase we strictly look at merit--peer evaluations and specific accomplishments...
Some members have also discussed the symbolic merit of having an account separate from the University's, as a number of Ivy League and other student governments...
...guilty plea on the lesser charge of harassment. "I have long argued that there is no basis for the use of this defense," crowed Brooklyn District Attorney Elizabeth Holtzman, the prosecutor in the case. "The withdrawal of this defense is a signal that PMS is a defense without merit...
...Walcott case first became public last spring when a female freshman charged that Walcott had made improper advances to her in a poetry class. Dean of the Faculty Hentry Resovky ruled that the charge "had merit and informed Walcott's permanent employer, Boston University, of the incident Walcott denied the charges...
...knock out some U.S. missiles, but then the force of its blast would disable the other incoming ICBMs. Dense Pack, known to its detractors as "Dunce Pack," is expected to meet with lots of resistance on Capitol Hill, where many lawmakers think it is an extravagant plan of dubious merit...