The goal for many amputees is no longer to reach a "natural" level of ability but to exceed it, using whatever cutting-edge technology is available.
"He really was a soldier for social justice, and it didn't matter to him your race, creed, color, level of ability, sexual orientation -- he had a heart big enough to love and accept all, " she said.
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Examiners will struggle too, to produce a single test that measures the same level of ability in children of different ages. (In music tests all candidates for a given grade play the same pieces: in an English test, quite different reading texts and writing topics would suit an eight-year-old than an 11-year-old.) The changes might even have the perverse effect of making children sit more tests.
Not at a similar level of operational ability etc.
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The unifying theme of the chapters that follow is that we are unrealistic about students at every level of academic ability asking too much from those at the bottom, asking the wrong things from those in the middle, and asking too little from those at the top.
And when you add to all of that art, it increases the level of emotion and the ability of people to feel.
His point was that policymakers should not be preoccupied with the absolute level of national debt, but instead with our ability to sustain whatever level of debt we have.
The right level of risk is a factor of both ability and willingness to accept risk.
He lists seven factors, including the level of debts and the ability to pay them back.
You don't get to that sort of level without the ability to work with people.
Mr Ben-Itzhak said that, as the ability level of children increased, more needed to be done to educate them on how best to use their new skills.
It depends on the type of tax , the initial level of the rate before the change, the ability of the payer to influence the timing of realization of the tax and so on.
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Strategic Thinking Skills: At the most senior level of the firm, the ability to create holistic frameworks to generate and apply sound business solutions is a critical skill.
Or maybe fighting too many wars in too many places is to blame along with our unwillingness to pay a reasonable level of taxes, based on ability, to fight these wars.
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Ealham, predominantly a one-day player for England, has not figured for England for two years in the Test arena, but is recalled because of uncertainties over the ability of Andrew Flintoff at this level.
For the Lib Dems, the political dynamic between now and the next Assembly elections in 2016 will therefore largely be governed by the fortunes of the party at a UK level, rather than the ability to make any sort of game-changing move in Wales.
Living in a city can require a higher level of personal mobility, including the ability to get up and down steps.
So they take it with others of the same ability level rather than the same age - rather like a piano exam.
However, if there was a spike in demand, those companies would start hiring as soon as the level of demand was higher than their ability to meet it.
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Advisers say that before revealing too much information, parents should assess where their children stand in terms of their level of financial responsibility, resilience, ability to think in an adult way and adjust to a potential windfall.
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So, if I finish the game as a Siren, and decide to start from scratch as a Ninja (or as the promised DLC character, the cyborg Mech Romantic), I can take my levels in badass with me, giving me Level 1 character the ability to burn through the initial challenges of the game, or help out higher-level characters in multiplayer.
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What does that say about their ability to keep this level of commitment that they've been asked to do in Iraq?
Humans have already exceeded the planet's ability to sustain their level of consumption, known as Earth's carrying capacity, by about 20 percent, Carter claimed.
Someday the ability to measure the level of stem cells in a tumor could lead to new prognostic tests that predict when a cancer is likely to accelerate, helping doctors customize treatment.
If you are in a dedicated home theater this can be less important, but since many living rooms prevent optimal speaker placement, having the ability to adjust the level of a speaker or add a delay to simulate distance can be critical.
"It's unfortunate that greedy corporations have disputes that reach such a level that average citizens are deprived of their ability to receive entertainment and information which they deserve, " said the outspoken former presidential candidate, as he talked to reporters just before a temporary deal between the two companies was announced.
Political experts said that in this era of celebrity worship and obsession with reality television stars, the ability to connect on some sort of personal level with everyday voters takes on heightened importance.
This takes on an increased level of importance, in the event of an election with low turnout, where the ability of each party to mobilise its core vote will be crucial.
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And, with a relatively low level of borrowings, the Chinese government has the ability to use fiscal stimulus as well if consumer spending does not develop as expected.
The soft cap in the NBA is more conducive to parity in terms of the ability to win championships because while it helps to level the free-agent market, it also allows teams with larger budgets the ability to maintain good teams instead of forcing them to let a player go.
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