The stakes are especially high now, with Obama engaged in a protracted, heated battle with the Republican-led House of Representatives about the size and shape of the federal government's budget.
The coalition's first defence review came under heavy criticism - this session looks to the next big set of policy questions about the future size and shape of the UK's armed forces.
That said, there will be a few months of unsettling uncertainty for BAE, as its biggest customer, the US government (which contributes 40% of BAE's revenues) goes through the presidential election and then an ensuing debate until the middle of next year about the future size and shape of American defence spending.
But it won't do much after the middle of the electorate has hardened against the size and shape of the trillion-dollar plan that Nancy Pelosi and company are promoting.
NOAA, and Costas Synolakis, at the University of Southern California, can predict the size and shape of the waves that will be generated by a particular tsunami, as well as the resulting coastal inundation.
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BusinessInsider has obtained the first image of the case, which could reveal the look, size and shape of the new tablet.
One fuel-cell factory, however, could make propulsion systems for every size and shape of vehicle.
It's about the size and shape of a pack of playing cards, I guess.
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The eventual size and shape of a re-regulated, rethought Wall Street is hard to predict.
The 2010 QDR, however, did not endorse any metric for determining the size and shape of U.S. forces.
However, it failed to provide a clear alternative metric for determining the size and shape of U.S. forces.
Designers were obsessive, dictating even minutiae like the size and shape of needles used to stitch the high-grade leather.
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As a result, he seems to have discovered the size and shape of the smallest possible drop of water.
For the first time, astronomers have determined the size and shape of the highly-charged region of radio emission surrounding the black hole.
When we wear shapewear, we buy into messages that equate women's power and abilities to the size and shape of their silhouettes.
It's pretty, about the size and shape of an egg, but a deep purplish, red color with a subtle, fruity smell, almost like a plum.
This gland, usually the size and shape of a walnut and wedged between the bladder and the rectum, may be more trouble than it is worth.
Klein's estimation was crucial because the council must decide on the size and shape of the operation by Monday, when the U.N. mandate for Croatia expires.
Talks on the size and shape of the cabinet went on late into Wednesday night between Likud and its two main coalition partners, Yesh Atid and Jewish Home.
Surface--a highly responsive touch-screen computer the size and shape of a coffee table--is the latest attempt in the wireless industry to transform the way consumers shop for mobile devices.
He helps produce about 60 varieties, starting with a dark green bud called "Mighty Mite, " a plant for urban window boxes that grows to the size and shape of a corn dog.
Standards agreed upon parameters such as the size and shape of electrical outlets, the number of threads per inch on machine bolts, or the tolerances allowed for various medical tests may seem arcane or abstract.
This device, developed at the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate in Quantico, Virginia, is a microwave transmitter the size and shape of a small satellite dish that pivots on top of an armoured car.
Such data provides the high resolution details from which we can see how the Earth's structures have formed, measures the exact size and shape of the volcano and provides a vital snapshot of the Earth's active and sometimes violent volcanic system in action.
By knowing the size and shape of their fields, farmers can then use correct amounts of fertilizer and plan for future soil improvements. eDairy in Sri Lanka also allows farmers to send text messages to a network of veterinarians and extension workers requesting services.
The size of the budget deficit makes the shape of Mr Obama's stimulus package more of an issue.
This material, he says, has the advantage that its nanotubes are semiconductors regardless of their size and shape.
Scientists on the mission team say the size and rounded shape of the pebbles in the rock indicate they had been transported and eroded in water.
To make the light travel enormous distances, thousands of volts of electricity are sent through the cable's copper sleeve to power repeaters, each the size and roughly the shape of a bluefin tuna.
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