If businesses wish to compete for lucrative state contracts, let them compete based on their own merits, not on their enrichment of a particular state official's campaign war chest.
"It is a shame that Genzyme has chosen to compete based on a frivolous lawsuit rather than on the merits of their products," Dr. Richard F. Selden, TKT's chief executive, said in a statement.
Several startup teams were competing, based on the merits of their respective businesses or plans to start businesses, for the grand prize of attending the main Slush event in Helsinki, Finland, taking place this week.
Let billionaires compete with paupers — based on merit — through the public financing of elections.
But it would create a stronger military, one that allows women to compete for all jobs based on merit.
Whether it is Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, who supported Proposal 2, or a friend or colleague who agrees with him, we should make our fellow Americans own the belief that undergirds their stance: "I should not have to compete with non-whites based on merit.
Those applicants were allowed to bypass the usual hiring process and did not have to compete against more qualified candidates based on merit, according to court documents.
Since most federal research grants are awarded based on merit, the overall decline in research funding often hits younger researchers hardest since they increasingly have to compete with more experienced researchers for the same funds.
