Whether we act in time to prevent the worst from happening will be the final measure of America's leadership in the world for years to come.
As a final measure of safety, in 1960 the Delaney anti-cancer clause was introduced which prohibits the use of any color found to cause cancer in animals or humans.
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Republicans were unhappy about the additional domestic spending included in the House bill, but many said they were relieved the final measure did not set a timetable for troop withdrawal.
He says that during that lame duck period, when the Democrats still controlled both houses of Congress, they should have raised the debt ceiling when they passed a final stimulus measure.
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Still one cannot escape the fact that this marks the second successive quarter that the measure for final domestic sales were stronger, rising 2.5%.
However, supporters concede they are still short of the 60 votes they need to cut off debate and move on to final passage of the measure.
In Russia, where the lower house of parliament gave final approval to a measure to extend the presidential term to six years, from four, Moscow's RTS index was up 2.8%, led by Gazprom, up 5.6%.
It does not predict the final vote, nor does it measure a possible surge for Moussavi, which many believe occurred in the final weeks.
But the Treasury is not willing to agree to anything until it has a better measure of the final bill.
About all this, though, Mr. Dudley will only tell me that "justice, " not "affordability, " should be the measure of any final settlement.
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Neither Toomey nor Manchin predicted the Senate would approve gun legislation and both said their vote on final passage would depend on what the measure looked like when debate ends.
The country's Congress failed to pass the measure several times before giving it final approval on 19 December.
But this is not quite the final hurdle for a long-awaited and hotly disputed measure.
The final criterion of this approach is relative strength, the measure of how a stock has performed compared to all other stocks over the past year.
That draft measure extends the observer mission in Syria for a final period of 30 days.
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Capping nearly a week of debate over the detainees legislation, the Senate approved the measure on a 65 to 34 vote after a final emotional debate.
If member states are unhappy with the EC's final response they could choose to challenge the legality of the measure at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
In the next six months, working groups will build on their proposals and present the Task Force with final strategies that will include budget estimates and performance plans to track progress and measure success.
And Stosur gained some measure of revenge for her defeat by the Italian in the Roland Garros final when she broke to lead 5-4 in the second and served out the match.
And by one measure, it was in fact the most dominant match in a Grand Slam semifinal or final in at least 22 years.
Prior to the final vote, the House rejected a Democratic motion that would have required any legislator supporting the repeal measure to give up government-provided health care.
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Jeff Merkley says if the House doesn't add such a measure, he'll offer an amendment to add one when the Senate takes up a final bill.
For example, GDP is measuring final output at market prices: but if we have rationing and price controls then how can we really measure output at market prices?
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They can now focus on gaining a measure of revenge on Germany, who knocked them out of the 2006 World Cup at the quarter-final stage after a penalty shoot-out.
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