Word: meritable
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Well, no. But less than a year before, Sarkozy had come to power arguing that principles matter. The irrepressible "hyper-President" has also long said he judges people (and expects to be judged) exclusively on merit and results. But in October he supported his inexperienced 23-year-old son Jean's bid to take over the public body responsible for managing Paris's multibillion dollar La Défense finance district. To make matters worse, even as the accusations of nepotism grew louder, Sarkozy père described his reforms of France's high school system as guaranteeing that "henceforth...
Hermione would not approve! At the HPC Xmas party, one VIP guest was overhead using some language that would merit howler. When she called a certain twin (which one? doesn’t matter) a name that rhymes with witch, she showed her true colors as a diva. Seems like the vodka went straight to her underaged head. Good thing her driver wisked her promptly back to Brown...Someone was naughty this past weekend when they got a little too frisky on Santa’s lap, causing Mrs. Claus to get her panties in a twist. Mrs. C. proceeded...
According to Smith’s e-mail yesterday afternoon, faculty and staff members will be eligible to receive a 2 percent “merit-based salary increase...
Whether a faculty or staff member receives a “merit-based salary increase” depends on the feedback an individual receives in departmental evaluations...
...introductory college-level classes - remain popular: nearly 350,000 took the U.S. history AP test last year, the most popular subject test offered. There's also the PSAT, taken in the junior year as preparation for the full-blown SAT and as an assessment for the coveted National Merit Scholarships. And we've still only covered high school - one of the main criticisms of President George W. Bush's 2001 No Child Left Behind education reform was its expansion of state-mandated standardized testing as means of assessing school performance. Now most students are tested each year of grade school...