Sentence examples for promote merit from inspiring English sources

How should societies identify and promote merit?

Stevens's work on the Commission of 1969 brought him to the attention of Senator Charles Percy of Illinois, a moderate Republican who had decided to promote merit appointments to the federal bench instead of political cronies or ideologues.

Social marketing is the systematic application of marketing concepts and techniques to achieve specific behavioral goals for a social good; [ 33] it can be applied to promote merit goods or to make a society avoid demerit goods and thus to promote society's well being as a whole [ 34].

The main sadness is that Mr Schwarzenegger failed to get another measure on the ballot promoting merit pay for teachers (inevitably opposed by the teachers' unions).

Mr. Giuliani seized the opportunity to promote his merit plan once again after Board of Education officials announced this week that more than 16,000 teachers had already applied for the summer school jobs, far more than anticipated.

He fought constantly with the union, the Fraternal Order of Police, which opposed many of his disciplinary actions, and found it almost impossible to promote on merit because of the department's civil-service policies.

To promote true merit, we need a change in political party culture, so capable people have a fair opportunity to win pre-selection based on their experience, talents and values alone.

"We promote on merit," Maris said, emphasizing that Chan leaving will not alter the course of their successful seed program at all.

The Earl had always attempted to promote on merit rather than patronage and had become increasingly frustrated with the system of preferment by social rank and not competence.

The secrecy, Mr. Francis said, "will help the policymakers make a decision on the merits of the proposals rather than on a political campaign that seeks to promote the merits of one bid and the demerits of an alternative proposal".

IT IS a pretty rum way to promote the merits of Europe's single currency.