Former education minister Martin McGuinness had moved to abolish the current secondary level education selection system hours before he left office in October last year.

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This is interesting in as much as it shows how such thinking has changed over the years, but her real purpose seems to be to create doubt in the reader's mind about whether selection at the level of the gene is the only mechanism of evolution, which is what Mr Dawkins and his fellow selfish-geners believe.

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Because selection was done at the local level by panels made up of parents, teachers and other members of each community, including non-government organizations, misallocation has been minimal.

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Many committees choose to focus on asset allocation strategy and high level oversight and delegate the implementation and manager selection to an internal investment office or an outside advisor.

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These kinds of adverse-selection effects crop up at the company level in health insurance, too.

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Life is organised into a hierarchy, and selection can and does act at every level of that hierarchy.

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New furnishings, linens and china as well as an upgraded tea selection have raised the elegant Palm Court to a new level.

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Still a 1st round selection, but a lot of missed tackles when facing a superior level of competition on Monday night that he had not faced all year.

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The problem: Contract selection is never random but influenced by factors such as fleet size, usage level, types of product and risk aversion.

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But to be considered for selection it has been made clear to Beckham that he needs to be playing at a European level of competition.

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It still takes a lot of skill to get good, but with a fun campaign, a huge selection of custom games and unranked multiplayer, there should be something for everyone at any skill level.

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