If you create a merit badge for earning all the merit badges, wouldn't you need a merit badge for earning all the merit badges and earning a merit badge?
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I want people coming into this country based on merit, based on merit.
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Using bodies as a measure of merit, casualties as a measure of merit.
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We want a merit-based program where people come into our country based on merit.
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Is it really a merit-based policy, or a race-based policy masquerading as merit-based?
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"It is not the merit or no merit of anyone in particular; it's all those who have contributed," he said.
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Grades contribute to this valuation and professors and students often find it all too easy to treat academic merit as general merit.
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Just across the Pioneer Valley, Mount Holyoke does indeed provide overall merit aid qualification data for named merit scholarships on its website.
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The school claims that 29% of incoming first-year students qualify for merit-based aid and/or Harvey Mudd College National Merit Awards.
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That&aposs a mass multiplier of immigration into the United States with distant relatives hopscotching into the country without merit, without basis of merit.
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"I went into a dinner with a media executive thinking that it had to do with my merit, and I left doubting my own merit," she said.
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Through a point-based merit system, the president's plan increases the number of legal immigrants selected based on skill or merit from 12 percent to 57 percent.
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And is it not true that many teachers strongly, strongly disagree with the union position on teacher tenure, on merit pay, on merit promotion, on classroom size?
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First and foremost, Merit says it's removing barriers to entry to blockchain investments and payments by making the Merit cryptocurrency as easy to send as a tweet.
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While, at first, I was shocked to see artistic works of such different critical merit going head-to-head, the Best Tearjerker award isn't evaluating critical merit.
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While it can be hard to know whose income is merit-based and whose is not, there is ample evidence that very top incomes rarely reflect merit.
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She has the most merit for the most difficult position in the world, at a time when it is apparent to most of us that merit counts.
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Owen's innovations, so far as I can see, have only one merit, which certainly, in view of their character, is a merit of some magnitude: they are few.
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" Trump said his administration would seek to end what he called "chain migration," and institute "a merit-based program, where people come into our country based on merit.
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When members of the government talk about merit-based immigration, I can think of no greater merit than saving the lives of American soldiers in time of war.
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In a working system, Trump's "clear pattern of obstruction of justice would merit and should merit an impeachment inquiry," but the system is "broken..." Monday's most important phone call?
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"How do you maintain what's supposed to be the gold standard in merit review around the world when you have to eliminate a third of the merit review panels?" he said.
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Distribution of startups based on the certainty of their technology's merit, Distribution of startups based on the certainty of their technology's merit, Where does de-risking technology offer the most value?
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The Senate must confirm a quorum of nominees to the Merit Systems Protection Board before March 1, 2020 and ensure that nominees are well qualified and are protective of merit principles.
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When headlines were published last week about conservative senators having a merit-based immigration bill, it was plausible they might have been senators promoting legislation that imposed a merit-based green card system.
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"Whether or not there's merit to these allegations, we should find if there's merit to these allegations, and if there are, then the proper oversight should be done," Ryan, a Republican, told reporters.
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Lawyers for the hotel said the claim had no merit.
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There is no evidence that the allegation holds any merit.
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So once again, Trump's call for caution has some merit.
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I want to do it based upon merit and productivity.
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Generally, he believes, there is merit to the Goldwater Rule.
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That's where the world is today: Get defined by merit.
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" Max: "I think there's a lot of merit in copying.
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Still, a broader interpretation along similar lines has some merit.
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If there was no merit why will the committee discuss.
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They don't deserve it, they've done nothing to merit firing.
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AB InBev has said that the lawsuit is without merit.
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Shouting might merit shouting back or eventually offering a sedative.
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Only three were deemed to merit some form of discipline.
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These giveaways were accompanied by tax cuts of varying merit.
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Teachers agreed that merit, not their unions, would determine promotion.
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Then there is the question of which offences merit execution.
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Morgan Stanley said it believes the lawsuit has no merit.
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Though generally untrue, the idea is not completely without merit.
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He says he's already raised around $30,000 in merit scholarships.
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Ortega arrived in the UFC by merit of his grappling.
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Trump: [...] I want to go to a merit-based system.
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Only 2% of all public posts are filled on merit.
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If a boiling river existed, it would surely merit recognition.
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In the abstract, there is some merit to this strategy.
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Everything I conquered was my merit and from my team.
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Apparently, glow sticks merit the same punishment as voter intimidation.
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Twitter, in a statement, said the lawsuit is without merit.
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There is no merit or veracity to this fictional story.
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A spokesperson for Starbucks says the lawsuit is without merit.
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"We believe that the extradition request lacks merit," Rothken said.
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There is great merit to this skepticism, the expert stressed.
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We believe his claim of wrongful termination is without merit.
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In Hollywood, money and merit are two very different things.
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In either case, the reunion should lose its artistic merit.
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However, analysts said there could be merit in a deal.
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Volkswagen said it considered the lawsuits to be without merit.
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She believes the top 5 all made it on merit.
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This may suggest that the third explanation has some merit.
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"They were bestsellers," he added, as proof of their merit.
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Starbucks said it believed the lawsuit's claims were without merit.
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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's ethics scandals also merit greater scrutiny.
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Trump and his lawyers plainly believe these claims have merit.
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Both Fusion GPS and BuzzFeed called Cohen's lawsuits without merit.
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No student loans thank to financial aid and merit scholarships.
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He has said that the allegations against him lack merit.
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Kim: The company says that the lawsuits have no merit.
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In business, we hire, retain and award based on merit.
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The numbers advanced in the study are completely without merit.
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But there is merit to much of what "they" say.
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"Merit doesn't just mean grades and test scores," he says.
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And, regardless of merit, Shiller says it's still going on.
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Merit played a predominant role in determining our ultimate success.
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"We believe it has no merit and should be dismissed."
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Measured on its own merit, The Silence is already unique.
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These ideas merit an honest discussion and an open debate.
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Is it too serious a matter to merit an emoji?
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Would my music be acknowledged based on its merit alone?
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Josh Hartnett hasn't done enough recently to merit an invite.
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As Redditor Quiet_Rito points out, that's not entirely without merit.
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In 0003, the university gave $2000 million in merit aid.
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The leaders said they believed the concerns were without merit.
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Sure. Did that merit being a major topic of conversation?
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He tried other strategies to prove the film's broad merit.
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The firm says all of her allegations are without merit.
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Why more merit might not be what elite education needs.
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Whereas murderers have done something to merit the death penalty.
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No. We should not panic and it doesn't merit panic.
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That was all for just one merit badge, composite materials.
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Mr. Bonderman's original comments, according to experts, also lack merit.
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Nothing I write is not without complete and total merit.
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R.G.: I don't think there's any legal merit to it.
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We will evaluate RCEP on its economic and trade merit.
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It's not clear why Kushner's memo would merit the delay.
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While these ideas have considerable merit, they are mostly redistributive.
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President, wherever you are today, it isn't because of merit.
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Mr. O'Reilly has said that the allegations are without merit.
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The church's "objections are without merit," the appeals court concluded.
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A patent holder who knew their suit had no merit.
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The county said the attorney general's motion was without merit.
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" Cummins spokesman Jon Mills said the lawsuit "has no merit.
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An Oracle spokesperson has said the suit is without merit.
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There is both political and policy merit to these credits.
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A lawyer for ESL said the claims were without merit.
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"Both of these arguments are lacking in merit," Leon ruled.
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Bennett's frustration with a lack of influencer disclosure has merit.
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There was no merit to any of it, of course.
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American schools are always saying, Oh, it's all about merit.
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Submit your application to be considered for a merit scholarship.
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But there's a little bit of merit to it also.
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And we want them to come in based on merit.
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Based on some polls, police officers' concerns have some merit.
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There is no merit or veracity to this fabricated story.
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"I try to be an omnivore and just reflect on each issue and judge it on its own merit or lack of merit, but I'm much closer to the Dr. Sears approach," he said.
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For instance, I was admitted to Dartmouth based on academic merit.
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Ultimately, Cramer found merit to the arguments from Goldman and BMO.
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"The story is untrue and holds no merit," the rep said.
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Trump's lawyers have blasted the case as "frivolous" and without merit.
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O'Reilly, for his part, has said the accusations have no merit.
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"We think no merit to claims they are filing," he said.
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Both clearly did well enough with viewers to merit second seasons.
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"Bribes, instead of merit, determine who is chosen," Mr Pei writes.
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But what he's touching — talking about, I think has got merit.
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I studied hard to earn grades that warranted merit-based scholarships.
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"Those who protest injustice are people of true merit," reads one.
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Eurasia Group's Rome and Wright say there's merit to those reports.
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Assisted dying is a polarising issue, and everyone's perspective has merit.
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"Equinor sees no merit to the case," the company spokesman said.
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Teachers are often appointed on the basis of patronage, not merit.
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The show's critique of a fame-obsessed culture certainly has merit.
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After all, the hereditary peers are not without merit, he adds.
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Qualifications for the Fortnite World Cup will be based on merit.
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It's about merit, not biology, and about authenticity over identity votes.
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All these ideas have merit, but they come with trade-offs.
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The embassy described the allegations against him as "wholly without merit".
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But still, those violations didn't seem to merit a full ban.
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Each of these issues merit a full debate on their own.
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It's not clear which allegations were found to have merit, though.
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"Cosby's abuses of the agreement merit its total abrogation," they write.
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During this same timeframe, merit-based aid increased by 350 percent.
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But Facebook disputes the allegations, saying the lawsuit is "without merit".
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Thatcher appointed effective people to government, by merit, rather than demographics.
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These shortcomings merit some form of state intervention – but how much?
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"The allegations ... are entirely without merit," Miller said in an email.
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NEW TAX CHARGES BY NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT HAVE 'NO MERIT' - SHELL'S BROWN
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Whatever the issue, it wasn't serious enough to merit an ambulance.
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By comparison, recognising only formal marriage has the merit of clarity.
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Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker's office said the lawsuit was without merit.
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Yeah, I actually think there's a lot of merit to that.
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From there, (they) still have to prove those claims have merit.
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Is there any more merit to the complaints this time around?
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A CVS spokesman tells Axios the suit is "without merit," adding:
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However, the official acknowledged the U.S. concerns were not without merit.
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And it doesn't merit ruining sex for the rest of us.
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Stone, Skarlatos and Sadler all received the French Legion of Merit.
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So, it's not that Fey's parody of millennials isn't without merit.
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"You don't merit that," said Mr. Bolsonaro, a former army parachutist.
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Possessing alcohol can merit 300 lashes, and a year in jail.
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They use merit-based "point systems," accepting only the most qualified.
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The case for ditching the deal has a lot of merit.
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AmEx spokesman Andrew Johnson said the government's claims still lack merit.
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There are many organizations that merit our support on this journey.
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"His claims are completely fabricated and without merit," Al-Thani continued.
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Let us identify those suggestions that we believe have some merit.
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"The allegations are completely without merit," read a statement from Pow!
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Cramer also took a merit-based approach to United Rentals' business.
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They must have found serious irregularities to merit such sustained attention.
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"You have a better shot of merit aid there," he said.
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Nonetheless, Watson said the boycotting strategy was not completely without merit.
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If it's got merit to it, we follow up on it.
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To Clarke, that is enough to merit inclusion in the Hall.
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Therefore, China's stock market fluctuation and economic slowdown merit global attention.
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That's less than they'd like, but they don't yet merit more.
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The Medicare incentive payment morphed into the Merit-Based Incentive Program.
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I want school choice, charter schools, and merit-pay for teachers.
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Fortunately, solutions are being offered in Congress that merit serious attention.
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Ultimately, virtual reality isn't cutting edge enough to merit disruptive coverage.
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Yes, but Gravity Rush 2's metropolitan abomination isn't without merit.
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Cassidy's point about Obamacare's premiums straining enrollees' budgets has merit, too.
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Fed policymakers debated the merit of a repo facility in June.
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The lawyer advised Mullen that his case might merit the provision.
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"There is, in fact, no absolute definition of merit," she writes.
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Mr. Trump "addresses women on merit all the time," he said.
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As you can see above, the awards are not without merit.
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"We believe this lawsuit has no merit," a CVS spokesman said.
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Trump's concern about China's treatment of foreign company certainly has merit.
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"All official decisions are made based on merit," Ms. Goldstein said.
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They select the winners purely on the basis of artistic merit.
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But you seem to think there might be some merit there.
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My summer-school friends knew to compete for generous merit awards.
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I don't ridicule someone's merit, or something that they can't control.
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Legal experts differed over whether the newest legal accusations had merit.
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"The White House letter's legal objections don't have merit," he said.
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Meanwhile, the debates over its politics and artistic merit raged on.
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The president's radically expansive understanding of executive privilege lacks legal merit.
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"Hopefully he'll see the merit of talking to me," Johnson said.
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But all joking aside, the political jab has some geological merit.
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Whites, however, were not the beneficiaries of this "merit-based" system.
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Still, Barr's concerns about politicized intelligence agencies aren't without historical merit.
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Maybe it is hinting that he does not merit an answer.
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There is absolutely no factual basis or merit in this case.
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Now, two studies suggest that there is merit to that strategy.
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Sanders's campaign on Wednesday said the ethics complaints had no merit.
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Brazil's leaders now saw merit in putting the brakes on deforestation.
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America is a nation founded on the notion of personal merit.
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Alere responded by saying that the lawsuit was "entirely without merit."
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But I'm not talking about artistic merit — I'm talking about business.
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As for this lawsuit, we believe it is totally without merit.
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But it's also important to know: The mission has scientific merit.
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Sunday's version did, too, but merit of a glossy, technically proficient kind.
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Uniforms also typically include a neckerchief, socks and a merit badge sash.
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"I do not believe the lawsuit has merit," Milstein writes via email.
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President Donald Trump announced a plan for merit-based immigration in May.
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The gold-plated statuette is officially named the Academy Award of Merit.
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The concept has real merit, but unfortunately the execution is sorely lacking.
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But that's not to say there's nothing of merit about the show.
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As for the lawsuits, he told the magazine, they have no merit.
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Those visa slots will be reallocated to a new merit-based program.
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He makes appointments based more on personal loyalty than merit or expertise.
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It's the belief that people of all creeds merit tolerance and respect.
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"This comment is without merit and is baseless," Schilling says in response.
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Today he does not even merit a mention in the "Encyclopaedia Britannica".
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Facebook says the lawsuit is without merit and it will fight it.
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Clearly, this gap was unrelated to the artistic merit of the picture.
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A lone reference to "angels" can merit a crackdown on blasphemy grounds.
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William C. Rogers the country's Legion of Merit award, further angering Iran.
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They instead judge the idea, opportunity and entrepreneur purely on merit, i.e.
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Update, 5:46PM: Yahoo emailed Gizmodo another statement:This lawsuit has no merit.
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Hemingway was aware that merit often did not guarantee receiving the honor.
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This week, at least, let's hope they merit at least a question.
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Ronald Richards, an attorney for Herzer, said the lawsuit has no merit.
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He's said that, overall, he supports pay based on merit, not gender.
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So does the potential harm of inhaling pesticides merit these costly precautions?
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"This game of numbers has no merit," he said at the time.
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"The facts of the case merit prison and not probation," Jacobs said.
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The complaint is merit-less, frivolous and the allegations are completely false.
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The marketplace can't and won't measure merit, and it's perfectly okay with
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Carol and the other women in Ted's orbit merit even less attention.
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But I have to admit that Spotify's specific case has understandable merit.
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Unnatural geometry like straight lines or perfect circles merit a closer look.
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" A spokesperson for Epix told Deadline the lawsuit is "completely without merit.
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Without knowing it, their immigrant clients submit applications that have no merit.
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Still, that doesn't mean that Ryan's bid for leadership was without merit.
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Some colleges offer merit scholarships while others offer need-based aid. Raise.
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Commentators are disparaging this as a "short-covering" rally, with some merit.
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In my mind, there's no merit at all to the backlash argument.
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"Porsche SE is convinced that the lawsuits are without merit," it said.
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" He also said his McConnell's call for an ethics investigation "has merit.
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The discovery does not yet merit any additional health recommendation, added Gadelha.
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This indicates that very top incomes do not reflect differences in merit.
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Put differently, a high, top income tax rate discourages cronyism, not merit.
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The expert group was divided on the cost and merit of retrofits.
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KEVIN BRADY: You know, there's real merit to those – to that approach.
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A genuine concern The concern over pirates is certainly not without merit.
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Both Amazon and Alibaba see that owning some physical footprint has merit.
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There is merit and ethics, rights, law and justice from now on.
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But is there any merit to this and other booze-related parables?
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However enjoyable, though, Kreisler's music doesn't merit an entire two-hour program.
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Such trivialities, the thinking goes, don't merit the breath wasted on them.
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Woodside said it did not believe that FAR's claims had any merit.
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The judges select the winners purely on the basis of artistic merit.
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These explanations have some merit (with the exception of the millennials one).
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The parents must have done something terrible to merit such a punishment.
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Recent court filings have made clear the government's case has no merit.
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Maybe not, but too close to the top to merit serious argument.
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Given that history, another such matchup might seem to merit little attention.
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Q: What is the merit in making a film on this character?
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"This allegation concerning this young girl absolutely has no merit," he said.
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Apparently, that battle was already contentious enough to merit any further disagreement.
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But ticket sales for "Ghostbusters" were strong enough to merit revelry nonetheless.
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The young people, they say, see "privilege" wherever there is individual merit.
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But in North Korea, Tuesday's historic summit didn't even merit a mention.
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There are other explanations as well, and they may all have merit.
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He added that the discussion shouldn't be centered on your idea's merit.
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It was a sufficiently revelatory event to merit its own Wiki page.
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Only 12 percent are selected on the basis of skill or merit.
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There is no legal merit to his claims, and could be sanctionable.
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The panel of mentors selected the remaining six winners based on merit.
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"I don't think there is any merit in attacking Germany," Draghi said.
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In 1999, he was made commander of the National Order of Merit.
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Fed policy-makers debated the merit of a repo facility in June.
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The bill unveiled Thursday would allocate visas to a merit-based system.
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"I have seen cases where there were [charges] without merit," she said.
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Until our industry stops valuing prestige over merit, this will not change.
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"I can't see why, on merit, he wouldn't be successful," he added.
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The president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, awarded the dancers the Order of Merit.
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Books on feminism merit only two shelves, a function of slow demand.
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Quick Rx told Reuters it won the work on merit, not politics.
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For Laimbeer, the decision was as much educational as based on merit.
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But reframing the conversation in terms of merit calls Mr. Trump's bluff.
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President Donald Trump's "merit-based" immigration proposal is never going to happen.
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Gene drives are incredibly promising, the panel argued, and merit further research.
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She was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal and the Legion of Merit.
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I ask him what he's done to merit the punishment of Hebron.
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For Trump, however, the legal merit of his accusation isn't what's important.
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To them, secular snark is a merit badge on the MAGA hat.
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Its nine circles, diminishing with each tier, symbolize a monarch's bountiful merit.
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All of this should merit more concern on the part of Democrats.
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Boston is a rare marathon that admits most runners based on merit.
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TV - did not show sufficient promise or customer demand to merit distribution.
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I want to end chain migration and to bolster merit-based immigration.
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Mr. Golden's campaign called the ad "a desperate attack" with no merit.
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TV - did not show sufficient promise or customer demand to merit distribution.
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At least one scientist at NASA found merit in Dr. Myhrvold's pursuit.
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And bringing up the rear as always, the tricky question of merit.
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I am confident that the allegations against Officer Staes are without merit.
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Even if Bolton's account were accurate, they said, it doesn't merit impeachment.
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"I have merit," Ms. Gomez Diamond wrote on Twitter on Wednesday morning.
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A case for removal can most definitely be made and has merit.
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Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and their opinion has merit.
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This case is without merit and we are defending the claim vigorously.
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Apollo said the claims lack merit and that it would defend itself.
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But neither is there merit in prudishly refusing to engage these governments.
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"We think all these claims are without merit and baseless," Garten said.
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Whatever you think of Donald Trump's conduct, Speaker Pelosi's delay lacks merit.
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Instead, he argued the U.S. should implement a "merit-based" immigration program.
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Do they merit what D. H. Lawrence called humans' "passionate, implicit morality"?
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Balanced reporting would merit at least a quick mention of these facts.
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Deason's allegations are without merit and the company will vigorously defend itself.
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Now, is this specific idea from an insurance company completely without merit?
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Don, Jr.,'s role may have been too minor to merit prosecution.
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Koskinen has said that the allegations in the impeachment resolution lacked merit.
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"Jessica Golloher's claims are without merit," Fox News said in a statement.
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"Sir, there could be some merit in not discussing that," Semonite replied.
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Does that merit granting him a forum on your Op-Ed page?
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" Merit Medical Systems: "This is a medical device company that I like.
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Colleges and universities give away merit aid because they believe they must.
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These explanations all hold merit but, on their own, may be incomplete.
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" Xerox says it will defend itself and Deason's allegations are "without merit.
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He is against illegal immigration and he believes in a merit system.
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And while there's a lot of merit in the president's seeming willingness to let Beijing do a little guesswork for a change, there's not much merit in letting the other eleven countries in the TPP do the same.
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" – James Madison , Federalist No. 10 TIME OUT: MERIT BASED History: "On this day in 1782, in Newburgh, New York, General George Washington , the commander in chief of the Continental Army, creates the 'Badge for Military Merit,' a decoration consisting of a purple, heart-shaped piece of silk, edged with a narrow binding of silver, with the word Merit stitched across the face in silver.
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The 'Book of Merit' was lost, and the decoration was largely forgotten until 1927, when General Charles P. Summerall , the U.S. Army chief of staff, sent an unsuccessful draft bill to Congress to 'revive the Badge of Military Merit.
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Frankly, I prefer a candidate who can recognize the possibility that candidates from both parties have merit to a candidate who feels that — for the sake of the party — he needs to support a party member regardless of merit.
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Its evolution is not without merit — massive spectacle has an operatic emotionality of its own, and clearly the fact that I've written nearly 4,000 words about roughly 60 seconds of television proves something of merit happened in that scene.
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The jury found her claims to be without merit, according to Anheuser-Busch.
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Just 171,000 teachers—less than 10% of the total—were hired on merit.
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Ivana Trump called the story "totally without merit" after it resurfaced in July.
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"There is no merit or veracity to this fabricated story," a spokeswoman said.
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Trump has repeatedly denounced the investigation as a politically-motivated persecution without merit.
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The LSE said the offer was too low, risky and lacked strategic merit.
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The 100-room palace has little architectural merit; its strength is its history.
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You break us down so that our work suffers and we lose merit.
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The hepatitis hadn't yet done enough damage to Morton's liver to merit Harvoni.
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The vast bulk of research grants are allocated on the basis of merit.
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As the top line results testify, there is some merit in this argument.
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No prize jury in any field is likely to reward solely on merit.
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" Goldman Sachs responded to his allegations by claiming the suit is "without merit.
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" She continued on ... "We will demonstrate that this case has no legal merit.
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It should be based on merit, and it should be based on success.
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GrubHub said it disputes the claims and that the suit is without merit.
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Why would posting an innocuous message about an odious candidate merit digital eviction?
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This "fair admission" policy will reward merit and hard work, the government claims.
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They didn't hear any musical merit in what any of us were doing.
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"This old call of 'Let Trump be Trump,' actually has merit," Conway explained.
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I'm not sure it has merit, but it would be thrown at him.
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It turns out that strategy has some merit, but only at certain speeds.
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But this policy has long lost whatever merit it may once have had.
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How did a piece of questionable academic merit get so much media coverage?
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One is about the merit of book as a gauge of intrinsic value.
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In 25% of cases, the managers felt the situation did not merit escalation.
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Your drive to do this on your own shows true heart & great merit.
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The Democratic Senate offices reviewing the allegations believe that they merit further investigation.
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We are fighting hard for Merit Based immigration, no more Democrat Lottery Systems.
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Cooperman told CNBC the charges are without merit and he will be vindicated.
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American Renal Associations has denied the allegations and said the suit without merit.
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We wanted it to be a funny joke that does have some merit.
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Even so, the British argument to be a special case has some merit.
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The Courts have already dismissed this case, finding it to be without merit.
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" Lapan called the link to white nationalism "a ridiculous claim absolutely without merit.
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" His ideal immigration system: "We're going to a much more merit-based system.
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The question now is whether the case has any merit under copyright law.
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That's not to say the core premise of the app didn't have merit.
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"We believe the European Commission's investigation is without merit," a Nike spokesperson said.
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Beijing must understand that such unprovoked and belligerent acts will merit a rejoinder.
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The IRS chief has also said that the allegations against him lack merit.
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Merit-based hiring was the only aspect of bureaucracies that consistently reduced graft.
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Prices reflect a size of a work, not its quality or artistic merit.
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But are the benefits of circumcision strong enough to merit such sweeping endorsements?
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I wonder if he ever won a merit badge for being Most Annoying.
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" A spokesman for Wasserman Schultz said there is "no merit to this complaint.
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In cities where lots of people live in apartments, the idea has merit.
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But de Jong's baggage far overshadowed whatever merit he had on the field.
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"It strikes me that the lawsuit has merit," Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of Savingforcollege.
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But ludicrous as it might sound, Trump's presumption is not completely without merit.
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This observation has merit, but Bordo weights it more heavily than it deserves.
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Of course, there's her performance, the actual thing that should merit a win.
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The idea that the election is a factor here has some historical merit.
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Rewarding merit in this way might be defensible if it improved social mobility.
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Under Mr Trudeau's "non-partisan merit-based process", would-be senators nominate themselves.
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Exxon called the lawsuits' claims without merit, and said it would defend itself.
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Trump also said he would look to introduce a "merit-based" immigration system.
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Even with concerns over data collection, the experiment in urban planning has merit.
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I could not fathom what kind of situation would merit such extreme force.
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" "They were merit-based, Nargundkar said of the concerns expressed by Democratic senators.
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This combination positions them favorably for merit-based aid and bigger tuition discounts.
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There's nothing about merit-based systems that requires a numerical limit on immigration.
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A Facebook spokesperson told CNN on Saturday that Six4Three's lawsuit is without merit.
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The Merit Systems Protection Board has administrative judges who hear federal employee appeals.
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Theranos has come out and said the suits against it were without merit.
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However, Oracle has smart lawyers and the cases it pursues often have merit.
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These allegations are without merit and we will vigorously defend this baseless lawsuit.
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If headlines do not merit attention by Capitol Hill, perhaps poll numbers will.
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There is no evidence that the conspiracy theory Trump retweeted has any merit.
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" Evan Westrup, Brown's press secretary, said Trump's tweeting "does not merit a response.
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The notion that ESPN has gotten more political on its own has merit.
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"Alere's lawsuit is without merit," an Abbott spokeswoman said in an emailed statement.
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" Trump also tweeted that his administration is "fighting hard for Merit Based immigration.
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But he said the Russia summit didn't merit the harsh criticisms of Trump.
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Ron Richards, a lawyer for Ms. Herzer, said the lawsuit had no merit.
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Verizon says the suit doesn't have merit and is vowing to fight back.
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However, having got the job on merit, one should be paid for it.
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O'Reilly denies the claims have merit -- but not that the payouts were made.
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Once the audience reacts, it's important to consider the merit of their opinion.
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Leadership: Eliminates it, but relocates the 55,000 visas to the merit-based program.
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What if you go rogue and decide not to use merit-based aid?
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The White House approach is expected to call for more merit-based immigration.
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Such a system guarantees the marginalization of third parties regardless of their merit.
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Every day you are interviewing for your next merit increase or possible promotion.
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Judged purely on artistic merit, it's the only annual award of its kind.
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"[The District] believes the lawsuit is without merit," said the Superintendent Damaris Rau.
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Her mother is an academic specialist in writing at the Detroit Merit Academy.
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Asked which sites he thinks merit special attention, Mr. Wessner offered two thoughts.
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Quite possibly, nothing, as far as the merit of the tax cuts goes.
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And that merit-based worldview does not allow for significant equality of opportunity.
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It is a claim lacking in merit: an extreme assertion of presidential immunity.
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That Kvikk Lunsj became the mountain snack of choice is not without merit.
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I've never seen much merit in the theater-criticism school of political punditry.
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In an emailed statement, Health Insurance Innovations said the lawsuit was without merit.
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We believe the lawsuit has no merit and plan to defend against it.
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I simply assumed that I would be evaluated on merit, like my peers.
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But it's important to understand that our measures of merit are, themselves, flawed.
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Those all belong to Shady/Aftermath Records, so it was dismissed without merit.
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"I don't think that it has any merit to blame Amazon," he said.
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It is difficult to judge whether Republicans' criticism of the surveillance has merit.
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Even if the suit goes forward, she said, the case has no merit.
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That proves that people are making many claims without merit, administration officials contend.
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There's no agreement on which behaviors merit scrutiny, on where the boundaries lie.
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When developments merit, other officials can be brought in to address specific topics.
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In the United States, Mr. Trump's nationalist policies have not been without merit.
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United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
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I would definitely recommend making it a merit based at the selection stage.
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What delivery could possibly be important enough to merit such a crazy system?
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It mistakes identity for virtue, entitlement for merit, geographic place for moral value.
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The brief and the argument it makes survive and still merit close study.
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But here's a hot take: These dates, albeit "unsuccessful," have their merit, too.
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But as I previously explained for ThinkProgress, there's no merit to this allegation.
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President Ghani had instituted the exams to bring merit-based hiring to appointments.
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What's the fastest way to earn fashion merit points in the new season?
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A symptom of divided timesTrump&aposs high crimes merit both impeachment and removal.
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Both may have some merit, but they miss an even bigger issue: money.
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HireVue said in a statement that it believes the complaint is without merit.
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Most respondents said they would react to complaints and investigate them on merit.
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The Tokyo District Court ruled in 2015 that Universal's case was without merit.
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Yet, Republican promises of border security and merit based reform enjoy popular support.
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" He inherited wealth and power; his ascension "had nothing to do with merit.
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"This eleventh-hour claim is entirely without merit," Sotheby's said in a statement.
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More and more clothing brands are seeing the merit of the sharing economy.
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How bad do those bad things have to be to merit immediate mention?
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"Our funding decisions are based on a merit-based review system," she said.
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What if they were willing to create a process that recognized their merit?
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Merit aid, on the other hand, is often used to entice certain students.
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"It's of no merit," Trump said at a NATO summit in Watford, England.
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Randy Baumgardner, with opponents saying there wasn't enough evidence to merit an expulsion.
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The company introduced merit-based raises in 2015 that come directly from managers.
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The sharp rise in violence against transgender Americans didn't merit a single sentence.
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Fourteen of those 15 received a merit-based raise, and three were promoted.
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It does not even pretend to create a true merit-based immigration policy.
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Mr. Trump's remarks in the speech focused instead on the merit-based system.
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Critics of the merit-based system say the reality is not so simple.
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"The ongoing allegations leveled by the U.S. industry are without merit," Yurkovich said.
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Trump on Thursday urged lawmakers to consider a "merit-based" solution to immigration.
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"There is no merit or veracity to this fictional story," the spokesman said.
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"I did not 'acquiesce to pressure' to use non-merit factors," he responded.
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Lawyers for the EEOC determined that 15 percent of the claims had merit.
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The university released a statement saying the claims were without merit and inaccurate.
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There's merit to throwing out regulations no longer needed and repealing overburdensome laws.
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The lawmaker said the discussion focused on "the border" and "merit-based" immigration.
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They thought it would end by design divine, rather than human merit, though.
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A focus on merit has been a guiding principle of the Star program.
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Habitually my agency bypasses merit principles in its allocation of awards and hiring.
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In a meritocratic system, people who have greater merit rise to the top.
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Charges are often dropped due to a lack of merit for any prosecution.
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They received a silver medal in "courageous achievement" and Congressional certificates of merit.
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The lawyer declined to represent her, but not because her case lacked merit.
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But the complaints about the show's portrayal of the Dany twist have merit.
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State officials said the claims lacked merit and were aimed at scaring bondholders.
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The DHS inspector general in June 2017 said Kemp's complaint was without merit.
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We need a merit based system of immigration, and we need it now!
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They don't see the merit in a 50-foot-high concrete border wall.
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He said it made "no sense" to tell teachers who "strongly, strongly disagree with the union position on teacher tenure, on merit pay, on merit promotion, on classroom size" that they need to pay the union to advance such positions.
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But the bill doesn't actually shift slots allocated for the former toward the latter; it simply slashes family-based immigration, while leaving merit-based immigration flat, so that merit-based immigration becomes more common than family-based immigration by default.
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This would have had the merit of establishing a threshold for entry to parliament.
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Experts expect the reforms to dispense with the notion of merit-based hiring altogether.
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Comcast denied that the claims have merit, and the Justice Department hasn't publicly responded.
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While grants are usually need-based, scholarships are more likely to be merit-based.
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And there's enough merit in the magazine over the years to make it possible.
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This is just an urban scifi myth that has no scientific merit or backing.
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The doors of Mass Effect: Andromeda, for the most part, don't merit much thought.
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Gems says it believes the claims are without merit and will vigorously defend itself.
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Now, for the better — but without their consultation — the definition of merit is changing.
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Instead, he proposed a game-changing turn to a merit-based immigration admission system.
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A reward is something given in return for effort, achievement, hard work, merit, etc.
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Chaparral and Merit Energy Co together own more than 90 percent of the pipeline.
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The idea that something would survive on its own merit was kind of interesting.
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In her five years at Squaremouth, Moncrief has also received two merit-based raises.
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It also includes unspecified remedies to address the problem if the complaint has merit.
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And even some Russia skeptics can see the merit in trying to improve relations.
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This is what the law says about activities that do NOT merit overtime pay.
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This is a battle for interoperability and the merit-based making of entire markets.
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He must judge whether it is so unacceptable as to merit blocking peace altogether.
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These merit "Community Guidelines" strikes, an accumulation of which can lead to a ban.
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He's vowed to end the program and replace it with one based on merit.
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UnitedHealth says the lawsuit has no merit and says federal rules have been unclear.
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"We need a 21st Century MERIT-BASED immigration system," Trump also tweeted in February.
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It was an "obvious" development of the technology, so Zhang's patents are without merit.
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Among them: Does the president of the United States merit a Twitter rules exemption?
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His mother is an administrator at Merit Properties, a commercial real estate company there.
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In a statement obtained by PEOPLE, Trump's campaign denied the report has any merit.
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Trump's plan, however, keeps overall numbers flat but shifts to a "merit-based" system.
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Federal law enforcement officials have said in the past her missteps don't merit prosecution.
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There are so few occasions these days that merit an ultra-fancy turban hat.
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"This allegation concerning this lady, this young girl, absolutely has no merit," he said.
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Focusing on industries with creative merit and growth potential will be the ultimate focus.
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The bombing in New York City on September 212 did merit a few tweets.
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Cynical people in Washington dismiss that as being an effort without merit or value.
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There is thus no evidence that Iran is doing anything which would merit decertification.
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Only those companies that can offer attractive and sustainable growth will merit premium valuations.
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"Earning it on my own merit is how I live my life," said Cassidy.
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The leadership rejects quotas on the basis that politicians should be chosen on merit.
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There was merit, however, in seeking supervisory convergence over this sensitive issue, he said.
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Few people will intervene to stop an act they think should not merit sanction.
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Many question how, then, does Brown's alleged actions merit only a one-game ban?
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Jobs are handed out by sect and ethnicity, not merit, and ministries are plundered.
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In rare cases, the transition from intellectual merit to barrier to entry is successful.
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Questions about safety aside, it's an idea with merit and lots of potential benefits.
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The only thing that matters is merit in what you bring to the equation.
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The features would also have to merit copyright protection as a stand-alone work.
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But there are issues that have sparked plenty of debate about the strategy's merit.
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We continue to believe the case has no merit and will defend ourselves vigorously.
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He says skepticism over the latest record-breaking tech rally doesn't have much merit.
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MACCALLUM: There is merit in beauty and that&aposs a special attribute as well.
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The truth is that scores and grades are not the only determinant of merit.
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At college I did get a merit for sport science, but otherwise I struggled.
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A three-judge panel dismissed the petition on Thursday saying it had no merit.
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Regardless, there is merit in their work and the way they go about it.
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"These claims from a disgruntled former part-time employee are without merit," Hicks said.
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This first lawsuit was lost, and with hindsight the copycat charge has less merit.
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The lawsuit is without merit and we will vigorously defend ourselves against the claim.
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"The lawsuit filed today against Theranos is without merit," she wrote in an email.
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The idea has some merit, though it would make worker classification still more complicated.
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The problem was that it had questionable constitutional merit and that it was counterproductive.
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Those august institutions value merit and reward achievement, talent and character expressed through service.
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This is not actually evidence that they are real experts who merit your attention.
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Leaking aside, what crime did Flynn commit to merit the uncovering of his name?
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This civil lawsuit is completely without merit and will be dismissed in due time.
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But the gripes have merit when it comes to the matter of presidential succession.
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Sending jobs abroad or hiring visa employees are two practices that merit public discussion.
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Thomas will also merit a raise from the $1.65 million he made last season.
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Essential to protecting wilderness is that there be places wild enough to merit protection.
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While there is certainly some merit to the argument, I think it goes further.
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The 9th Circuit ruled that his alleged injuries were sufficient to merit a lawsuit.
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That early conversation changed me to being 100 percent about merit with no fluff.
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"Maybe it's a sign that these lawsuits are considered to have merit," he said.
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We have considered, among other things, what would be required to merit a transaction.
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The groups share similarities, from the language in their respective pledges to merit badges.
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" Stanford defended its admissions process on Friday, saying that the suit was "without merit.
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If anything is found to merit a correction, it will certainly be corrected. 2.
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I've met many professionals outside of education that speak on the merit of teachers.
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As a comedian, I like Twitter because it's free and kind of merit-based.
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Short of that, these proposals with so much merit may fall on deaf ears.
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It is cooperating with the investigations, though believes the claims against it lack merit.
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"PayActiv's chief operating officer, Ijaz Anwar, described the lawsuit as "spurious and without merit.
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These tweets mix some familiar Trump themes, not all of which are without merit.
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It described the lawsuit — not the withdrawal of the suit — as having no merit.
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But the Supreme Court said in 2011 it found no merit in her allegations.
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Every college defines merit for itself and, as a result, creates a different community.
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