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Some may ask, what of merit? Where would society be if McKinsey were to select only among the best consultants, not the very best? And why would anyone bother to work hard anymore? These objections overstate the case. Merit would still be valued; you would need certain qualifications to be considered for a position at all. And once you got the opportunity in question, merit and hard work would still determine your rate of promotion...
Many students, and even a few professors, may be busy applying for summer research grants, but for a few select faculty the next year of study is practically paid...
Knowles said he will select four or five new professors each year...
...influential Leaders and Revolutionaries of the past 100 years--is the first of six special issues TIME will produce over the next two years. Future issues will list the most influential Artists and Entertainers, Builders and Titans, Scientists and Thinkers, and Heroes and Inspirations. In late 1999, TIME will select its Person of the Century. CBS News, our partner in this project, will be airing six prime-time specials on our choices over the next two years...
...know that, of these dreamers, only a select few will actually make it. Perhaps the title of his albumNo Way Outpoints to his recognition of these limitations on black people. After all, it hardly applies to Sean Combs. If anyone has made it out, Puffy...