For the first time in 10 years, we're fully eligible to attend the Olympics on our own merit, instead of 'being permitted' out of sympathy to participate.
At last he suggested that if her drawing was as good as she said it was, she ought to let it stand on its own merit, instead of talking about it so much.
"Until our elected leaders in Albany get serious about reforming the board so that the people running elections are hired based on merit instead of political connections," he said at a news conference, "we should expect more problems like the ones we've had, more failures like the ones we've had, more finger pointing and more frustration and more headache for voters".
Aside from that, i just wish people would be able to appreciate my work, and drew's work on it's own merit, instead of having to frame everything in our personal relationship.
Politicians must campaign fairly and win elections on merit instead of purchasing votes.
After President Obama announced Judge Merrick Garland as his nominee to the Supreme Court, commentators praised Obama for emphasizing "merit" instead of playing into identity politics.
He ensured administrative stability by promoting the civil service examination system of drafting state bureaucrats by skill and merit (instead of aristocratic or military position) and promoted projects that ensured efficiency in communication throughout the empire.
Regardless of their apparent merit, instead of replying to unsolicited texts directly, you should call the purported sender directly to be sure they aren't trying to contact you.
"Class struggle" against "capitalist roaders" in the Cultural Revolution targeted not only anyone associated with past wealth creation (landlord grandfathers), but also anyone with expertise based on merit instead of politics -- from teachers to scientists or musicians.
According to Kyte, they were hammering out the details over measures that might help with absorbing the costs of extra borrowing: a series of reforms that Republicans had pushed for to begin with -- including allowing teachers to be fired by merit instead of solely seniority, making tenure harder to obtain and limiting teachers' broad striking rights.
