A spokesman said: "The decision was taken by the secretary of state after consultation with the Treasury and the Foreign Office and on the basis of the merits of the case.
In another case Harvard University undergraduate Kaavya Viswanathan, billed by her publisher as a new national fiction prodigy on the basis of the merits of her first novel, How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life, was found to have included some 40 plagiarized passages in her book.
A second extension requires that public sector jobs other than those reserved for elected officials along with their staffs—should be open to all applicants with selection of applicants being made on the basis of the merits of the applications.
However, in the presence of a strong family history of breast cancer, prophylactic mastectomy may be discussed on the basis of the merits of the family history and the patient supported in her decision.
Each year, twenty Haas Scholars are selected from all disciplines and departments across the University on the basis of the merit and originality of their project proposals.
The only other foreign policy issue that is decided not on the basis of the merits but because of the influence of a single-interest lobby is Cuba.
That is, until the art world as a whole accepts women's work on the basis of merit, irrespective of the gender of the maker, and provides ample opportunity for talented, professional women artists to make a living, we need to exist.
This means some voices in the knowledge-building discussion get taken more seriously while others are ignored, not on the basis of the scientific merit of their contributions but on the basis of subjective reactions to particular features of the person making the contribution.
I've evaluated people I don't know on the basis of their follower counts, judged the merit of tweets according to how many likes and retweets they garnered, and felt the rush of being liked or retweeted by someone with a large following.
