Well I suppose the most obvious yardstick is medals. From Wordnik.com. [Message of Munich] Reference
This yardstick is of only monetary and relative value. From Wordnik.com. [Must Municipalities Muddle Along?] Reference
And, as per usual, the irrelevant yardstick is the private sector. From Wordnik.com. [2008 March 11 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference
This means an assessment by someone at the centre, and his only possible yardstick is averages. From Wordnik.com. [Why Medicare in Ontario?] Reference
As a Norte Americano my experiential yardstick is limited to a range from moderate excess to the absurd. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Returned from Morelia] Reference
Here, again, the only yardstick is efficient production and maximum output under healthy, competitive conditions. From Wordnik.com. [Inside the Common Market] Reference
And depending on their position in the yardstick is their response. From Wordnik.com. [BoSanchez.ph] Reference
The yardstick was her weapon of choice, and she wielded it like a ninja master. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Blank and the Imagine Nation] Reference
The two stories elicited a similar response from me: Why are we measuring Moore’s Law using a yardstick from the PC era?. From Wordnik.com. [Why It’s the Megabits, Not the MIPs, That Matter] Reference
With one common agreed upon "yardstick," there would be 999 prices. From Wordnik.com. [Rediscovering What Money Is: Part I] Reference
What kind of yardstick are we using if we leave them to starve or worse?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 9, 2005] Reference
Obama says the "yardstick" should be the leader in delegates and popular vote. From Wordnik.com. [Dean: Super-Delegates Don't Have To Follow The Voters] Reference
The socialists made the mistake of applying the same kind of yardstick to African nationalism. From Wordnik.com. [Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 - Chapter 10] Reference
For a different kind of yardstick, how about the River Tam Rule as demonstrated in this XKCD cartoon?. From Wordnik.com. [BROAD CAST 17 NOVEMBER 2007 -- GENDER MINDBENDERS] Reference
The Illinoisan told a Grand Rapids crowd this morning that McCain's "yardstick" isn't taking into account the job loss of Bob and Mary Q. From Wordnik.com. [Jaunted - The Pop Culture Travel Guide] Reference
And so my yardstick is pretty wholesome. From Wordnik.com. [The X Factor] Reference
New ham sandwich economic 'yardstick' mimicks Big Mac index. From Wordnik.com. [BakeryAndSnacks RSS] Reference
I had better stop, but there is much more I could say on the "yardstick". From Wordnik.com. [internetmonk.com] Reference
It appears that the experience in this instance might be used as a "yardstick" for other counties. From Wordnik.com. [Emergency Relief in North Carolina. A Record of the Development and the Activities of the North Carolina Emergency Relief Administration, 1932-1935. North Carolina Emergency Relief Commission, State administrator, Mrs. Thomas O'Berry. Edited by J.S. Kirk, Walter A. Cutter [and] Thomas W. Morse] Reference
The Utilities have said that the Authority's famous "yardstick" for ascertaining the selling price of electricity is unsound. From Wordnik.com. [The Tennessee Valley Authority] Reference
The first is the yardstick, and the second is the clock. From Wordnik.com. [Why It's Time for the Tea Party] Reference
"We weren't sure that is the right yardstick to be using.". From Wordnik.com. [Letter grades proposed for vehicle fuel efficiency] Reference
"Land reform shouldn't be measured by an economic yardstick.". From Wordnik.com. [A Plot Of Their Own] Reference
And by that yardstick, Obama's increase is hardly a history-maker. From Wordnik.com. [GOP Convention Spin] Reference
This method provides a general yardstick for the wealth of a market. From Wordnik.com. [Not Your Father's Index Fund] Reference
By that yardstick, George W. Bush's early months have been uneventful. From Wordnik.com. [After The First Hundred Days...] Reference
A universal yardstick for comparing worker mobility is hard to come by. From Wordnik.com. [China Is On The Move] Reference
When he arrived, the culprit was a five-pounder shorter than a yardstick. From Wordnik.com. [Florida's Gator Frenzy] Reference
Contrary to your assumption, the yardstick used is not merit but skin color. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Seoul’s Leader] Reference
At the head of the class, Dr. Tallmadge pointed at the blackboard with a yardstick. From Wordnik.com. [Working Without a Net] Reference
She's the lodestar, the yardstick, and to this day, one of the world's great talents. From Wordnik.com. [Judy Davis, Inspiring 'Brilliant Career's 30 Years Later] Reference
The typical yardstick for assessing asthma care is the number of emergency admissions. From Wordnik.com. [Outsmarting An Illness] Reference
By every yardstick ever invented, the stock market is at frighteningly overheated valuations. From Wordnik.com. [Super-Market Days] Reference
Over its lifetime, the book has become a yardstick for quality — and sometimes just a yardstick. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in Translations] Reference
Fever is a good yardstick, because a cold rarely raises body temperature more than a degree or so. From Wordnik.com. [Baby & child health and safety news roundup] Reference
By the yardstick of history, Japan is a half-nation: an economic powerhouse, yet not a great power. From Wordnik.com. [The Military Question] Reference
The CW knows the First 100 Days is a meaningless yardstick and was tired of all the thumb-sucking before it even began. From Wordnik.com. [100 Days Edition] Reference
Every skater in the world is wrestling with the quad, the four-rotation jump that is the current yardstick for the men's elite. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: A Fan's Notes] Reference
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