Prime Minister Najib Razak pledged to make the economy based on merit rather than on race.

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Dr Kanatzidis's group aims to make materials with higher figures of merit than those attainable with today's semiconductors.

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This places a much greater responsibility on the consumer to make wise judgments about which outlets merit his attention.

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It may make sense for the colleges: They are leveraging merit aid to compete for high-income and talented students.

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"As our counsel's submissions to OCE and the Ethics Committee make clear, the complaint in this case is entirely without merit, " Dutton said.

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And probably its greatest merit is that it is an important way to make healthcare insurance more affordable for people with pre-existing conditions like breast cancer and prostate cancer.

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Led by Merit Network, the project includes sub-recipients from the private sector to make broadband readily available to households and businesses that lack adequate service options in the 52 counties that make up the project service area.

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Though my inclination is to be skeptical of what seems like a wildly ambitious project that uses dubious means to tell me what will make me happier, Havens has convinced an impressive roster of people that the project has merit.

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Her argument has much merit: In the world of microfinance, it has long been known that women make better loan candidates than men.

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So there is no merit to the suggestion that the exclusive power to recognize States allows the President to make treaties without Senate advice and consent.

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Redemption fees have some merit as they are often designed to stop traders from moving in and out of the fund attempting to make a quick speculation profit.

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