Word: meritably
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...recent years, inexpensive public schools like the University of Texas, the University of North Carolina and the University of California at Berkeley have gained reputations for academic excellence and have offered large merit-based scholarships to groups like National Merit Scholars...
...claims to sponsor a merit-based comp, but with all of the bright people on this campus, it is difficult to believe that none of the ugly ones can give a decent tour. Clearly, even if no blatant expectation of beauty and popularity is being employed, some subjective measure of "personality" is selecting for a very particular sort of charm. The consequences of this narrow selection are evident in the consequent internal culture of the organization...
...difference is ostensibly that the hierarchies in today's student groups, publications, government simulations, and such, unlike the elitist final club scene of Roosevelt's time, are based on merit. But anyone who has ever applied for a position and seen it go to a friend or roommate of the student making the decision knows this isn't true...
...want to continue Meg's tradition of a page that tries to be independent in the sense of looking at issues on their own merit," Hiatt said. "It should be a place where the readers feel as though there is real conversation going on and not just the newspaper preaching at them...
Artist? Says who? Critics, art historians and fine-art galleries cringe at the thought that any of these "populist artists" should be taken seriously. In the highbrow art world, accessibility and affordability are often inversely proportional to merit. The populist industry's aggressive replication strategy, on the other hand, is designed to move the merchandise. "Limited editions" from populist artists are often released in quantities of 20,000 and up, using a variety of formats that range from canvas to three sizes of paper prints. Throw in the T shirts, mugs and pillows with the same images, and limited looks...