Term life involves a calculation on the part of the brilliant number crunchers called actuaries to determine the probability of your passing away in an established period of time.

FORBES: Fear Of Death...And Life Insurance

The value in free advertising was a major part of the calculation in the value of his initial contract.

FORBES: Ask Not What Karmazin Did For Sirius. Ask Instead What Sirius Did For Mel

Such a device would be able to carry out many calculations in parallel, with each of the superposed states acting as part of the calculation.

ECONOMIST: The 2012 Nobel prizes

Part of the calculation is that at least 11% of heat (up from less than 3% at present) will come from renewable sources by 2020, and 10% of transport fuel.

BBC: Scotland's nuclear stations could stay open

But that is only part of the calculation.

ECONOMIST: Barclays and NatWest

She is thought to be on Obama's VP list (though probably not on the "short" list), but there's talk back home that she would love to run for the Senate in 2010, so that may be part of the calculation.

NPR: Who Will Succeed Obama Or McCain In The Senate?

Rather, Qatar's rulers tend, with cool calculation, to see Islamists simply as part of the new order.

ECONOMIST: The rise of Qatar

Analysts say the results of the first opinion polls since David Cameron's Conservative Party speech are likely to be a crucial part of the PM's calculation.

BBC: NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Cameron seeking Whitehall talks

For her part, Ms. Quinn denied that political calculation played any role in the outcome.

WSJ: Sick-Pay Debate Rages

For this is the major point, the part that has been forgotten in the main calculation.

FORBES: Insane Calculation: It Costs More To Send A Text Next Door Than To Mars