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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Civil Service Reform

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01 The substitution of business principles and methods for political methods in the conduct of the civil service. esp. the merit system instea…
  1. 1.
    The substitution of business principles and methods for political methods in the conduct of the civil service. esp. the merit system instead of the spoils system in making appointments to office.