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By any material measure, and relative to the aspirations of most people, she was one of the most privileged human beings on the planet.
NEWYORKER: Books as Bombs
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Yet the West still chases slavishly after ever-higher gross domestic product, a purely material measure that takes no account of the blessings of nature or leisure.
ECONOMIST: Two new books probe the limits of capitalism
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The lead flashing will be replaced with a synthetic material as a temporary measure to avoid any further risk of theft.
BBC: Wigmore church roof targeted four times for lead
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Waiting for the job recovery might be a good time to take a broader measure of the material well-being of Americans.
ECONOMIST: The economy
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Members of Planned Parenthood say the measure will lead to the censorship of material about sex education, AIDS awareness, and abortion.
CNN: Debate rages over bill to restrict 'Net smut
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Walker and Fred McMahon, the two outstanding economists who led this effort at Fraser, deserve much credit for launching the most serious effort to date to measure what matters, and giving us so much material to ponder.
FORBES: When It Comes To Health, Wealth And Happiness, Human Freedom Matters
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The analogy that somebody used to me was it is -- we are trying to measure, 5, 000 feet below the surface, the amount of material that is coming up if you were to shake a Coke can.
WHITEHOUSE: Daily Press Briefing
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As for the gaming machines, we have to say they're pretty conservative-looking, with black lids made from a non-peeling, scratch- and smudge-resistant material, and a handful of chrome accents and blue LEDs thrown in for good measure.
ENGADGET: MSI spits out four more Sandy Bridge laptops, including tasteful-looking F Series gaming rigs