21. Yellowtail has decided to defend himself through proceedings before the Merit Systems Protection Board. 22. Berry said that, historically, there has not been a strict merit system in this country. 23. The State Merit System has turned to managed care in order to halt troubling losses. 24. In Fitzgerald's view, the chancellor and school board were trying to circumvent the merit system . 25. He consolidated previously independent departments and replaced the old patronage system with a merit system . 26. McCook adopted an employee merit system and resisted senators'strong and persistent pressures for patronage appointments. 27. Registered editor has been blocked twice for edits on United States Merit Systems Protection Board. 28. "We at OPM have an institutional bias in favor of the merit system , " he said. 29. Additionally, a number of private scholarships are given to the best students on a merit system . 30. In September 1988, President Ronald Reagan nominated him to serve on the Merit Systems Protection Board.
