Word: merit
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...interview earlier this month, Shinagelsaid, "There's no merit to the case...
...also calls for increased parental, church and community involvement in education, as well as a merit-based hiring and pay system for teachers...
...best and -- in a form of academic triage -- abandon certain fields of learning to others. Rice University in Houston has often been called "the Harvard of the South" (although these days the motto should be reversed, claims its president, George Rupp). Rice has flourished by trying to recruit National Merit scholars, who constitute 40% of the class of 1995, and by developing a national reputation for superb teaching in the sciences and social sciences...
University officials denied that sexual harassment had occurred and said the lawsuit is without merit...
...There's no merit to the case," Shinagel said Saturday. He refused to comment further, referring questions to University lawyers...