On the UN Development Programme's human-development index, a general measure of wellbeing, Turkey comes below Russia, Albania and Romania.
In July 2000, he says, a scientist concluded that it was not possible, in general, to measure the number of new cases of malaria.
The act not only requires states to measure the general progress of their children.
Because Democrats have supermajority control of the General Assembly, the measure is expected to be approved.
Despite unanimous support for the general principles of the measure, a number of recommendations were put forward.
The opposition parties agreed with the general thrust of the measure but expressed disappointed as to its scope.
The situation in Cyprus is very fluid, with general rejection of the measure.
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The general principles of the measure, as introduced by Deputy Housing Minister Jocelyn Davies AM, were agreed following a debate in the chamber.
It seems almost axiomatic that long-term business strength, economic growth, and the health of our society in general depends in great measure on innovative leaders.
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Alongside family members of some of the victims of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Malloy signed the bill hours after the General Assembly approved the measure to give the state some of the toughest gun laws in the country.
At the Thursday Justice Department briefing, Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder warned the measure could keep prosecutors from bringing tough cases to court.
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Yet to say that user-generated reviews on Amazon (and around the Web in general) are an untrustworthy measure of quality is a massive understatement.
But whatever their limitations, the tools allow us to examine how words are being used by both the press and the general population, and to measure changes in their popularity and shifts in their meaning.
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It's not necessarily the stuff that makes a celebrity, but if you're in Iraq there is one measure by which General David Petraeus is a bigger star than Angelina Jolie or the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders.
The Chilean Congress approves a measure designed to encourage General Pinochet to leave active politics.
"What the rules prevent is the same measure being reconsidered by general Synod without a special procedure, " he explained.
Speaking to the Commons environment, transport and regions committee, Environment Minister Michael Meacher denied the government had decided to delay the measure until after a general election.
Members of the Delaware delegation said the Bush campaign clearly made its presence known after the proposal first won subcommittee approval, effectively killing the measure during debate before the general rules committee.
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Officials argue, somewhat disingenuously, that this is not a constitutional measure since the governor-general, who as the representative of Queen Elizabeth in Canada acts as the head of state, will still technically appoint those whom the prime minister says have been elected.
Then Jerry Brown, California's liberal former governor and now its crafty attorney-general, rewrote the summary of the ballot measure.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn the Democratic front-runner in the mayor's race is supporting a measure that would create an inspector general to look at the NYPD's policies and procedures.
Both the Republican and Democratic candidates for governor support the personhood measure, as does the attorney-general.
The zoo stressed that all animals are kept in quarantine as a precautionary measure before being allowed to enter the general zoo population.
Justice Department officials say Attorney General Janet Reno has urged President Clinton to veto the measure if necessary.
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"Entrance to our great colleges and universities must be based upon merit, and I remain optimistic moving forward in our fight for equality, fairness and rule of law at our nation's highest court, " said Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, a Republican and supporter of the measure, after the case was granted Monday.
By any measure, he was one of the outstanding General officers of his generation, helping our military adapt to new challenges, and leading our men and women in uniform through a remarkable period of service in Iraq and Afghanistan, where he helped our nation put those wars on a path to a responsible end.
Asked about ambitions to be Prime Minister, Johnson said he wished to serve his remaining time as Mayor and secure a Conservative win at the next general election and added speculation over his career was a "measure of the triviality" in politics.
The role of the state in defining strategy, purposes and priorities of policy for culture and the measure of public understanding of the value of culture depend on a general conceptualizing of the cultural sector and cultural policies.
David Deptula, a retired Air Force three-star general who was deputy chief of staff for intelligence, said the military needs to measure its drone requirements by the amount of data and intelligence needed by troops to accomplish their mission.
General Assembly will come together to determine how it will tackle poverty and set benchmarks to measure progress in economic development.
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