Many offer more merit-based aid than need-based aid.    From Wordnik.com.  [College Within Reach,] Reference

"You strike me as a merit-based kind of guy," Barrett said.    From Wordnik.com.  [McDonnell downplays injunction issued against Arizona law] Reference

If Denver teachers agree to a merit-based system, then good for them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dave Riegel: The Problem with Merit Pay] Reference

Research into a merit-based system that hasn't even been proposed yet?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dodd Denounces Merit Pay For Teachers In Veiled Swipe At Obama] Reference

Governor Schwarzenegger shelved his merit-based plan earlier this year.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 22, 2005] Reference

CHETRY: One of the things that we talk about this is merit-based system.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 22, 2007] Reference

In addition, the company will eliminate 2009 merit-based wage increases.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saks Will Cut Jobs, Outlays] Reference

Now, on the merit-based scholarships, let me just say what I meant by that.    From Wordnik.com.  [Remarks By President At College Press Forum] Reference

Can't all teacher salaries be increased and merit-based incentives included?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dodd Denounces Merit Pay For Teachers In Veiled Swipe At Obama] Reference

Transforming the teaching profession into a merit-based system will not be easy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joel Klein: Transforming the Teaching Profession] Reference

In addition, the luxury retailer will eliminate 2009 merit-based wage increases.    From Wordnik.com.  [Big Firms Deepen Job, Wage Cuts] Reference

Tuesday to highlight their demands for an end to merit-based academic exclusion.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

You, yourself, told one of our producers this is political, it's not merit-based.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 12, 2007] Reference

Politcal appointment as you claim or merit-based recruitment as is my experience?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Camp To Hillary: Not So Fast With That Coronation] Reference

Congressional subcommittee agreed this year that the program lacks merit-based criteria.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Performance Review Report Chapter C] Reference

You know you're going to get a merit-based increase or maybe a cost of living adjustment.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 10, 2007] Reference

Meanwhile, we'll pray Isaac gets merit-based scholarships to deaden the pain just a little.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shopping for Colleges: Does Price Matter?] Reference

He was the best, no problem -- merit-based success is really the only kind that should exist.    From Wordnik.com.  [Esther J. Cepeda: Two White Guys "At the Movies"] Reference

It means that rewards are merit-based, and it's about finding talent in lots of different packages.    From Wordnik.com.  [WHY THE WORRY?] Reference

I have been promised all sorts of opportunities for advancements and merit-based raises, but still.    From Wordnik.com.  [idiot-milk Diary Entry] Reference

WIAN: And they're opposed to the idea of a merit-based temporary worker system that favors skilled labor.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 29, 2007] Reference

This legislation will also create a merit-based point system for admitting new immigrants to our country.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2007] Reference

Peer review and merit-based competition are critical to the success of any science and technology policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Technology For Economic Growth In America] Reference

These funds will support merit-based, peer-reviewed research, largely conducted by individual investigators.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fact Sheet On The Human Genome Project] Reference

GRAHAM: We have people on the Democratic Party going crazy because we're going to have merit-based immigration.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2007] Reference

Indeed, I think we can safely say that our military is the most merit-based major institution in American society.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anthony Lake To National Defense U Commencement] Reference

Critics of judicial elections have given Iowa high marks because judges are appointed through a merit-based system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Opponents of same-sex marriage target Iowa judges] Reference

However, a larger issue is the move from need-based to merit-based financial aid and the growing student credit card industry.    From Wordnik.com.  [College Students are Using Credit Cards for Tuition] Reference

The New York Times got a tip on the introduction of merit-based promotions in the beleaguered children's services bureaucracy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Room 9 Revolts Against Rudolph Giuliani] Reference

And ensuring that the projects were arrived at using merit-based appropriate criteria so we don't end up with the swimming pools.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2009] Reference

But some in Congress now believe that a skill or merit-based system is a far better way to legally bring people into this country.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 8, 2007] Reference

So stimulating the economy to create a job in the first 18 months on the spending side I would support, if it's a merit-based project.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 25, 2009] Reference

Established in 1990, the ATP shares the costs of industry-defined and industry-led projects selected through merit-based competitions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Technology For Economic Growth In America] Reference

So stimulating the economy to create a job in the first 18 months, on the spending side, I would support, if it's a merit-based project.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 25, 2009] Reference