Sentences with phrase «of high merit»

Additionally, the Sally Jacobs / Phoebe Towbin Award of $ 500, is given annually to recognize an artist who has consistently exhibited works of high merit at the WAAM.

of $ 500, is given annually to recognize an artist who has consistently exhibited works of high merit at the WAAM.

The disciplines of precision techniques and craftsmanship are integral to creating a masterpiece, or works of high merit in any medium.

Perhaps true, Sandy, but the Best Actress Award always goes to the actress with the most powerful performance in a film of high merit, such as Streep's two Oscar wins, for Sophie's Choice as Best Actress and for Kramer vs. Kramer as Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

Specializing in full flavored wines of high merit.

Not exact matches

The two - page document, marked «Top Secret,» mentions a draft decision paper that focuses on the «relative merits of retaining [deleted in document] as a high - priority secret national security installation versus the merits of the NASA belief that there would be domestic and foreign problems created by withholding the photograph.»

Resources allocated to the CPP will be unavailable for other priorities, some of which arguably merit a higher ranking.

After Sarkozy was elected president in 2007, he awarded Desmarais the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, France's highest order of merit that was established by Napoleon in 1802.

While the merits of building a subway line over a light - rail one are, in this instance, contentious, the move at least bucks a trend in Toronto, a city where subway plans are often scrapped — not formed on short notice (not to mention at a higher cost).

Whatever the journalistic merits or demerits of Gannett gaining ownership of Tribune papers, there's no doubt about the high financial quality of its bid.

The program offers two levels of certification: the lower tier «Merit», and the highest honor, «Star.»

I wonder if Prime Minister Harper will mention higher domestic pump prices the next time he extols the nation - building merits of the proposed west - east pipeline?

Alternative investments, such as hedge funds, private equity / private debt and private real estate funds, are speculative and involve a high degree of risk that is suitable only for those investors who have the financial sophistication and expertise to evaluate the merits and risks of an investment in a fund and for which the fund does not represent a complete investment program.

This makes it a conservative measure of market valuation, so very high levels properly merit concern.

When «inclusiveness» became the highest priority, many leaders (white, male, middle - age) whom people had trusted were shunted aside, and the merits of those who attained office (because they fit the quota slots) came under the shadow of suspicion.

For the sake of liberals who are (understandably) queasy about defending abortion on its merits, Democratic politicians like to pretend that Planned Parenthood offers mammograms (it doesn't), that it is a common source of pre-natal care (it's not), and that abortion represents only 3 percent of its services (the real number is unclear, but far higher — though again, it doesn't help our cause to inflate it to 94 percent).

It is Whitehead's merit to have described the fundamental continuity running all through the world of nature, from its most rudimentary forms to it most complicated and highest development known to us in the mental life of human beings.

Though some critics took issue with Gibson's creative choice, beyond its artistic merits, The Passion remains one of the more important Bible films ever made: Taking in nearly $ 400 million, it is the highest - grossing R - rated film of all time, and it helped usher in a new era of Hollywood creating content for Christian audiences.

Children from high status families should be treated on their personal merits and should not be accorded special privileges because of their parents» position in the community.

He had been a National Merit Semi-finalist in High School with a request from Princeton to their PhD program — not a scholarship though so his parents refused to pay — it's a long sad story of nothing going right for him.

CARE is calling on the UK to follow the lead of Spain - which has the highest organ donation rates in the world - by spending money on educating people about the merits of organ donation.

He said: «The lower court's judges always hesitate to make decisions on the merit, or free people accused of blasphemy, and instead transfer their burden to the higher court without realizing how their decision will impact the accused and their families» lives.»

The highest normative ideal, trumping all others, is the ideal of an individual free to move among multiple attachments, and the merit of those attachments is measured by the degree to which they facilitate personal well - being.

Also, when confronted with a doctrine that is logically extreme in the sense of having a polar opposite or, in the terms of propositional logic, a contrary extreme, compare the merits of each extreme not primarily with those of the opposite one, but with a moderate view sharing something of both extremes, a higher synthesis.

The Truman Administration (a vigorous promoter of the welfare state) saw some merit in this prediction, which is why the tax code came to include a high deduction per kid.

When discussing student performance on achievement tests, Barton notes that private or religious schools account for a disproportionately high number of National Merit Scholars and says that is because «one school utilizes religions principles and one does not.»

It is now running a series of television advertisements about the merits of the DIG system and has engaged high profile food producers to support its cause.

Jonathan has also received numerous significant industry awards, including the American Wine Society's Award of Merit and the Guild of Sommeliers» highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, for outstanding contributions to the wine industry.

But the beauty of the BlogPoll is that there are a lot of voters who genuinely care about merit, and, on the merits, Florida may have the nation's best résumé, given that the Gators have a win over the highest - ranked one - loss team and are the only squad with two wins over teams currently ranked in the BlogPoll.

Played at a higher level than you I'd wager, but do tell me the merits of giving the captains armband to a guy who's due to be replaced in the lineup by a superior player.

we need a reappraisal a strategy review and clearly many high rank officials do need to be accountable because the team isn't producing anything of merit, the managers transfer stratergy is a sham and the perception of brand arsenal is looking bleak — enuff is enuff.

Big in your list I can agree that all these players would improve us, but let's look at our CB At the moment Kos, top player but is struggling with a inj which may or may not heal, at the moment he isn't match fit so not up to his own high standard, so needs help or a defender of his quality so he can go and recover properly So then we have Mert, too slow and no longer good enough, I'm not sure if he's even good enough for 3 rd choice CB, too slow, poor on the air for his size and not brave enough, he's lasted this long due to Kos he needs a Top class CB just to allow him to play against average teams Ok now Reid not top class we can all agree so we couldn't really play him with MERT as he isn't Kos quality so can't cover merits deficiencys He could be ok with Kos but Kos is struggling So is Reid what we need???? And finally Wenger if he has all 3 fit will still play Kos / Mert first choice Oh and God forbid we play MERT / Reid against the top teams like Chels / city / utd / Southampton Chuckle chuckle

At least two of those schools (Mich, Stan) have very high academic standards and can't recruit players who can't make it into the university on their own merits, I am personally not sure about Southern Cal, but wouldn't be surprised if they can't recruit someone without the academic bona fides as well.

In short, using competitive equity - based divisions has merit because it should lesson the odds of experiencing one of the least enjoyable aspects of high school sports and that's the opening - round playoff rout.

You can try and put a good face on a bad game for as long as you want, pontificating about the merits of this model, but it will not hide the obvious fact that it just does not allow our great manager to fully realize his managerial talent and deliver success for the fans who are paying the highest prices in the land.

European audiences have grown accustomed to the Army Men taking part at the highest level of club competition, featuring in 6 of the last 8 editions, however the key difference this time will be in the dugout; a first European season to assess the merits of Viktor Goncharenko, after 7 declining years in Europe with Leonid Slutsky.

He has not been shifted from the team since, putting in a gargantuan 88 - minute shift in the win over Leicester City, when all that was missing from his high - octane performance was the goal his efforts merited, and then playing the majority of last week's defeat at Arsenal, where he was the width of a goalframe from finding the net.

Glenbard West High School (Glen Ellyn) senior Amy Jo Albinak has been named winner of a $ 2,000 National Merit scholarship.

He was in charge of Margate Park from 1956 until 1971 and while there won the highest merit award from the Park District for a documentary movie he made on the summer day camp program, according to his friend, Mel Meyer.

Of course, her pioneering ascension to the Office of Vice Chancellor, the highest position in academia, has served and continues to serve as a major inspiration for other females that they can rise to any position by merit once they set their minds to iOf course, her pioneering ascension to the Office of Vice Chancellor, the highest position in academia, has served and continues to serve as a major inspiration for other females that they can rise to any position by merit once they set their minds to iof Vice Chancellor, the highest position in academia, has served and continues to serve as a major inspiration for other females that they can rise to any position by merit once they set their minds to it.

It surely, at least from my memories of high school English, can't be because of any inherent literary merit, or appeal to the typical teenaged mind *.

IF, and it's a big IF, there were to be a hung Parliament next time around, far better that the LibDems (and I guess this applies to the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Dr. Dick Taylor too) act as kingmakers by voting for or against the government, whether it be Labour or Conservative, * on the merits of each individual piece of legislation * than propping up some of the most loathsome, reactionary policies this side of the self - styled moral crusaders from the ear of High Thatcherism.

No surprise that the Scottish feel strongly that higher education should be made available on the basis of merit and merit alone.

Michael Rebell, an attorney who won a landmark case requiring the state to fund school districts more equitably, and Randi Weingarten, president of a national teachers» union, wrote in appendices to the report that they agree with much of the group's findings, including recommendations for increased access to pre-kindergarten, technology and learning models that connect high school and college, and merit pay for teachers.

The members of the Delegate Assembly, the highest policy - making body of the UFT, on Feb. 15 roundly rejected Mayor Bloomberg's call for an individual merit pay plan for New York City public schools.

That number is incredibly troubling and experts in the field believe the merits of this bill can properly address failures in the system that lead to a high rate of veterans taking their own lives,» said Chairman John Mills.

«Several of the proposed reforms to civil service would shred the merit - and - fitness system that protects fairness and high standards,» Fox said.

30 years after my qualification, this great Institute has recognised me with the highest merit award, the highest achievement of my career,» Governor Ambode said.

The foundation awarded more than 750 students out of at least 7,600 applications with the highest honor of finalist, honorable mention and merit.

Anin Yeboah JSC, a justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana has stated categorically that the instant application brought before the Supreme Court by Dr. Zanetor Rawlings to invoke the court's supervisory jurisdiction is frivolous and unmeritorious one which did not merit the intervention of the highest court of the land.