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Word: meritable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...evidence also shows great, gaping weaknesses. Giuliani's penchant for secrecy, his tendency to value loyalty over merit and his hyperbolic rhetoric are exactly the kinds of instincts that counterterrorism experts say the U.S. can least afford right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind Giuliani's Tough Talk | 8/22/2007 | See Source »

...knit corporate culture, which was virtually national labor policy, was widely credited for Japan's meteoric economic rise. But it all ended when the country hit the skids in the 1990s. Threatened by cheap labor and more efficient business models, Japanese companies began adopting American management concepts such as merit-based pay and competition among employees. "The Japanese equated globalism with not just the American way of business, but with rejecting their past," says Jun Ishida, CEO of Tokyo-based business consultancy Will PM. "No more drinking sessions, no more company events. Suddenly it was about the individual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Relax, the Company's Buying | 8/9/2007 | See Source »

...them. But I can't be any more blunt in my criticism in the way that things have fallen apart." Likewise, when asked if he thinks anything that has emerged in the investigations of the warrantless wiretapping or Gonzales' firing of the U.S. Attorneys could merit impeachment of Bush or the Attorney General, Specter barked out an abrupt laugh. "Certainly not the President," Specter said. Then, after a pause: "And I think it's premature to talk about impeachment of anybody. I went through one proceedings of those and it was a big waste of time... I'm sick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arlen Specter's Careful Dissent | 8/3/2007 | See Source »

...campaign retools, raises money and figures out how to live up to the hype surrounding his candidacy, his potential opponents are busy adjusting to the new dynamics of the race. With a newly frugal and lean campaign operation, McCain hopes to stay alive in the race long enough to merit a second look from donors and voters. He still polls well enough in South Carolina and New Hampshire that his chances can't be written off entirely. But Thompson has hurt his old Senate ally more than any other candidate, drawing money and supporters away from McCain when he needs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Fred Thompson the G.O.P.'s Savior? | 7/25/2007 | See Source »

...Harry Potter’ great literature? What are the themes involved with this?’ I just have to shake my head,” Barron said. “It’s a great, entertaining book. What Harold Bloom says about it, what literary merit it has or doesn’t have doesn’t really matter...

Author: By Jillian J. Goodman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: One Last Trip On The Hogwarts Express | 7/20/2007 | See Source »

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