Mr Barroso faces an early test of his ability to stand up to France and Germany.
One early test will be a government proposal to limit electoral spending, blocked by the opposition.
The enormous Shtokman gas field in the Barents Sea could be an early test of international sentiment.
We wrote it this way to give Iraq an early test -- to give Iraq an early test.
It will be an early test of whether health reform works to cover the uninsured and stays within its budget.
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The revolt in the Arab world represents an early test for a prime minister who is still a diplomatic new boy.
One early test will arrive soon, as the Senate votes on the nomination of Fed chief Ben Bernanke for a second term.
Republicans tried, with a filibuster, to stop the measure from even proceeding to the floor, providing an early test of Democratic resolve.
Walmart, with its prominence, served as an early test case for the union's rise, with accreditation (but no contract) achieved in 2006.
Whether or not a satisfying role can be found for Marc Andreessen, Netscape's 27-year-old co-founder and geek hero, will be an early test.
He faces an early test, since the commission's new forecasts are expected to confirm that France will miss its deficit target for next year.
At home, one early test of his willingness to reunite his country will be whether he will appoint any Democrats to his new cabinet.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger had insisted beforehand that his side were ready to launch a title assault this season and this was an early test of their credentials.
It will soon be clear, as an early test of the government's unity, whether Mr Mugabe's people will allow a fast and fair distribution of food, which they have previously prevented.
In one early test of the medicine, which must be injected, patients whose cholesterol was still too high on the 10-milligram dose of Lipitor had their Lipitor dose upped to 80 mg.
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While the battle for Virginia will be won or lost because of state issues and the candidates themselves, the contest can also be partially seen as an early test on Obama and his policies.
Hard core Taylor enthusiasts show up an hour early to test out the Road Show guitars, which have become sought-after collectibles.
The Chandler Roundup was an early leadership test for Janet Napolitano.
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The United States might still not have intercontinental ballistic missiles and reliable space launchers today if it had responded to the succession of early flight test failures in those programs by terminating, instead of redoubling, the effort.
Clothes and fashion play a big role in Ms. Savage's personal and professional life: She originally dressed "Gossip Girl" star Blake Lively in her own clothes (notably a cashmere overcoat and book bag) to make her look more "New York" for an early screen test.
It began tracking McCain, Palin, Biden and Obama in early September to test its software.
Although carbon dioxide is the more important greenhouse gas, methane measurements will be a more practical early application to test the market for this sort of data.
The spec-bumped version is called the Grand X IN -- it's due out next month and we've just had a chance to run some early benchmarks to test the performance of its vanilla Android 4 OS and new Intel engine.
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We all like to complain about how defensive medical testing leads to constantly rising insurance premium costs until the person seeking the peace of mind or the early diagnosis a test can produce is you and I or a member of our family.
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It was fortunate that we had the extra two days after the third Test finished early to celebrate.
Brazilian veteran Rubens Barrichello took the Williams over from novice team-mate Pastor Maldonado, whose test ended early with a crash on Friday.
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Since it was overhauled in the early 1990s, the test has yielded a sort of mixed bag of steady improvement vs. frustrating stalls.
As you can see, examining the issue of if an organization has matured beyond just a test or early adopter group was quite helpful to me to understand diversity and the necessary elements to examine this.
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