The interstate competition that drove rulers to select the most capable and meritorious individuals to serve in their courts resulted in an unprecedented degree of social mobility.
Dismissing charges of libel, the judges said it was well known that, in RAI, "even the most meritorious individuals are favoured by their acquaintanceships in political circles".Italian commentators call RAI the "mirror of the nation": an institution so permeated by competing interests that it sometimes anticipates political shifts even before they surface.
Moreover, while President Obama is right to search out new candidates for sentence mitigation, he shouldn't neglect those meritorious individuals whose cases are already before him.
While a senior advisor at USAID, appointed during the Obama Administration, then-USAID Administrator Raj Shah awarded Nicole with an individual Meritorious Honor for her work in strategic communications.
However, beneficent acts also may be performed from nonobligatory, optional moral ideals, which are standards that belong to a morality of meritorious aspiration in which individuals or institutions adopt goals and practices that are not obligatory for everyone.
In 2004, ASME established the Van C. Mow Medal for its Bioengineering Division to be bestowed upon an individual who has demonstrated meritorious contributions to the field of bioengineering; the individual must have earned a Ph.D. or equivalent degree between 10 and 20 years of the award.
The White House said in a statement that President Obama had named 13 recipients of the medal, which is granted to "individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors".
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the country's highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors, according the White House.
"Many applicants must wait due to the filing of frivolous, fraudulent, or non-meritorious asylum applications by individuals seeking to game the system".
"While USCIS reforms have been able to curb the backlog's growth, in reality many applicants must wait due to the filing of frivolous, fraudulent or non-meritorious asylum applications by individuals seeking to game the system, exploit asylum loopholes, and undermine credible asylum seekers," Bars said.
The medal is given to individuals who have "made an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace or cultural or other significant public or private endeavors".
