Sentences with phrase «less by merit»

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Still, there is emphatically no investment merit in long - term bonds, in the sense that by definition, a long - term investment in 10 - year Treasury securities will lock in a total return of less than 3.4 % over the coming decade.

There were two main camps at the time: that represented by Jovinian, claiming that virgins, widows, and married women were all deserving of equal merit, and that represented by Jerome, which said that marriage was merely the lesser of two evils, rather than something positive in its own right.

Some conservatives are not above signaling, in more or less overt ways, their belief that blacks can never pass [the test of achievement by merit], and that there is little point in the rest of society bearing guilt for blacks» failures.

I recognize that NOCSAE's decision may have some technical merit; and that it may be to some degree be necessary to protect the integrity of its helmet standard by weeding out what one football helmet representative characterized in an email to me as «snake oil salesmen» marketing supplemental padding products that, despite their overblown claims, likely do little if anything to reduce, much less prevent, concussions, and may, at least in theory, compromise the ability of football helmets to protect players as the manufacturers intended.

(4) The independent panel shall report as approved for each judicial position all highly qualified persons who make application to the panel, provided that if the number of highly qualified applicants exceeds three times the number of existing vacancies to be filled in such position (determined as of the time the panel renders its report), the independent panel shall report as approved the most highly qualified applicants in a number equal to three times the number of vacancies to be filled in such position, provided further that if the number of highly qualified applicants is less than three times the number of vacancies to be filled in such position the independent panel shall report as approved the most highly qualified applicants in a number equal to not less than two times the number of such vacancies, provided further that the following categories of applicants who are eligible for reelection or reappointment shall be reported as approved if their performance during their term of office merits continuation in office, and no other applicants shall be reported as approved for their vacancies: (a) a judge or justice completing a full term of office seeking re-election to that office, or (b) an interim Supreme Court justice who has been appointed by the Governor to fill an existing vacancy no later than the previous June 1 after approval of the Governor's screening panel, who has been confirmed by the State Senate and has assumed office no later than the date the panel renders its report, and who otherwise would not be required to make application to the independent screening panel pursuant to the provisions of sub-paragraph (3).

Steve Martin's (Shopgirl, Cheaper by the Dozen) modern take will do little to change anyone's mind about that, but perhaps for a younger, less familiar audience, it might actually merit some interest.

Taking a break from their usual spot at the Farmhouse bar to hang out in the decidedly less eye - catching interior of a nondescript office lounge, A.V. Club film critics A.A. Dowd and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky decide to liven things up by debating the merits of Terrence Malick's woozy Knight Of Cups.

One truly can compare the watching of how big studios and their hired bigwigs operate as the equivalent of watching how sausage gets made, as many of us to very much enjoy the end product, but we would be less pleased if we were to know how a kernel of inspiration from the mind of a writer can be second - guessed and repackaged due to executive decisions made by relatively visionless empty suits who are in the creation process solely to make money, squeezing out all trace of artistic merit where it interferes with bottom - line profit.

They are less able to distinguish among teachers in the middle of this distribution (the middle 60 — 80 percent), suggesting that merit - pay programs that reward or sanction teachers should be based on evaluations by principals and should be focused on the highest - and lowest - performing teachers.

If we compare good experiences with less pleasant ones, we have a frame of reference by which to judge the merit of the experience.

In fact, for all the talk about the «democratic values» implicit in local control, the decibel level of the past few years has been caused less by a legitimate debate about the merits of the work than an internecine fight over which faction would control the local teachers union, a mayor's race pitting «old» vs. «new» Newark (read: Sharpe revanchists vs. Cory defenders), and the aspirations of what Curvin calls the «resource distributors» — those who view the power and wealth allocation opportunities of the school system as an end in itself.

By contrast, recent research about federal Teacher Incentive Fund merit pay found far smaller learning effects and lower pay supplements, with fewer than half of districts indicating an ability to continue the program, much less scale it up.

Throughout the years, the vehicle has been used to test the merits of such systems as anti-lock brakes, double - wishbone suspension, variable valve timing and four - wheel steering before Honda passed the technology on to other members of the family.As such, Prelude was never meant to be a volume car, which is obvious when one considers that its history has been marked by bland styling, cramped cabin room, less than sizzling performance and handling more characteristic of a Cadillac Fleetwood than a sports coupe.

However, she notes, «by attempting to answer it, they tacitly reinforce its negative implications,» namely that women are intrinsically less capable of achieving artistic merit than men.

Whatever its merits as art — and with hindsight, they are less monolithic than was once supposed — Abstract Expressionism was the last identifiable movement defined by a seriousness of pursuit, and one of its key figures was Willem de Kooning.

(Of course there was even less merit in the pretzel - logic «leaving science to the scientists» criticism of Francis used by presidential long - shot Rick Santorum earlier this month, only partly because the pope has a chemistry background *.)

c.) Evaluate the influence of MBH98 by count of cites of cites, general reputation of authors who cite, number of cites of said authors» other works, diversity of cites, discounting self - citation, non-peer-reviewed cites of lesser merit, cites that discredit the original, etc..

(3) Stronger centralized management in firms will include (a) increased accountability and less autonomy for partners; (b) greater emphasis on every partner being a «working partner»; (c) more merit - based compensation decisions; and (d) diminishing feelings about «entitlements» to partners by virtue of seniority.

That's a point made by Doug Berman at the Sentencing Law Blog («Rather, I wish primarily to urge anyone and everyone defending President Bush's sentencing determination in the Libby case to explain why all these less prominent defendants — most of whom are now locked in a cell while Libby now makes plans for the paid lecture circuit — don't also merit some executive sympathy»); Ellen Pogdor at White Collar Crime Blog («But what is bothersome here is that one elite individual is receiving this benefit while others with comparable circumstances will not have this benefit — it all comes down to who has access to the President.

Case management, which is standard practice and conducted by the arbitral tribunal that will eventually hear the merits of the case, leads to much efficiency and less gamesmanship by lawyers.

Every Partner a Working Partner: Mid-size law firms will have stronger centralized management, including (a) increased accountability and less autonomy for partners» concerning their actions / inactions; (b) greater emphasis on every partner to be a «working partner;» (c) more merit - based compensation decisions; and (d) diminishing feelings among partners about those «entitlements» to older partners by virtue of seniority.

Regardless of the merits debate, their practical consequences are clear: the community legal service fund will suffer a sizeable reduction in value and the contractual instrument designed to fill the void left by a retreating state — the conditional fee agreement — will become far less attractive as an option for funding with the end of «success fee» recovery.

Residential buildings with rent controls are worth less than those without and can merit greater oversight by New York City during...

Residential buildings with rent controls are worth less than those without and can merit greater oversight by New York City during construction.