He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the United States and the titles of Commandant of the Legion of Honor in France, Honorary Knight of the British Empire, and both Grande Ufficiale and Cavaliere di Gran Croce of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
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During its recent inquiry into the efficient delivery of public services, the committee discussed the merit of public bodies spending more money on trying to prevent, rather than deal with, negative social outcomes.
Following his arrival the duke was presented with the insignia of a Companion of the Order of Canada and Commander of the Order of Military Merit by the Governor General of Canada, David Johnston.
Liberal Democrat Lord Avebury objected that the move was designed "to save money irrespective of the merit of the applications".
Clarke climbed to the top of the European Order of Merit but remained outside the top 10 in the new world rankings published on Monday.
Els or Stenson could go top of the European Order of Merit this weekend following the exits of leading pair Padraig Harrington and Justin Rose on the opening day.
Regardless of the merit of these causes, Mr Nader is their only clear champion.
Ian Paisley Jr, DUP, said Sinn Fein had "not convinced others of the merit of debating their motion".
But he assured Mr Mitchell that he is available to help persuade Mr Netanyahu of the merit of an Iranian bomb-for-Palestinian peace bargain.
But in truth, the proposal has the merit of refreshing honesty.
Only when she learnt that this merciful tactic merely caused a long summer of reshuffle speculation in the press did she see the merit of getting the carnage out of the way in July.
Bethan Marshall, a senior lecturer in English education at King's College London told the magazine the literary merit of picture books was often underestimated, comparing The Very Hungry Caterpillar favourably with another literary hit, Yann Martel's Life of Pi.
"It's really disappointing because I was hoping to go all the way, " said the Dubliner, who could now lose his position at the top of the European Order of Merit.
Although the commission backed a legal action challenging the policing of the school protest, Professor Dickson expressed privately-held reservations about the merit of the case in correspondence with the then chief constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan.
Montgomerie received his previous honour in 1998 after winning the European tour Order of Merit for the sixth of seven successive times.
The present arrangement has the merit of giving America control of a situation for which America will in the end anyway be blamed.
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This, together with suspicions that China's own money found its way to Democratic Party coffers in 1996, brings doubt upon the administration's motives at every turn, regardless of the merit or otherwise of its actions towards China.
The fact that such exceptions must be authorized on a case-by-case basis, however, offers some basis for ensuring that they are made deliberately and on the basis of merit and do not have the untoward effect of undermining the sanctions in place.
The fact that such exceptions must be authorized on a case-by-case basis, however, offers some basis for ensuring that they are made deliberately and on the basis of merit -- and do not have the untoward effect of undermining the sanctions in place.
Aoyama, who died in 1993 at the age of 80, was awarded the 1992 Order of Cultural Merit, Japan's highest honor in the arts, for his mastery of sho and commitment to promoting and preserving the calligraphic arts for future generations.
Six straight pars to finish saw the European Order of Merit leader become the first English winner of the PGA Championship since Nick Faldo in 1989.
"I've dreamed for so long to win on the European Tour, " said Jaidee, who is now fourth on the European Order of Merit and top of the Asian Tour money list.
The Ford plan also has the merit of detailing in crisp, no-nonsense terms where the company has gone wrong in the past, perhaps because its chief executive, Alan Mulally, was the boss of Boeing when those mistakes were being made.
Earlier, he was awarded one of Canada's highest orders Companion of the Order of Canada and the Commander of the Order of Military Merit.
Regardless of your opinion on the merit of the Magnitsky bill, and I personally am deeply skeptical and have repeatedly registered my skepticism, there is no deadline for its passage.
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McDowell would overtake the German in the Order of Merit by winning the tournament or ending up alone in second as long as Kaymer finishes no higher than a tie for third.
But Mr. Draghi's brand of quantitative easing had the great merit of working.
She became a member of the Order of Merit, and eventually a Lady of the Garter and a life peer as well.
Most of the commission's members are not particularly friendly to the U.S. This time around, they could overlook the lack of scientific merit to the latest Russian claim and allocate most, if not all, of the Arctic's sea beds to a newly and aggressively resurgent Kremlin.
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