So it is quite possible the Lords will kick the measure out, and the old ping-pong between the two Houses would then start up.
Medieval monks noted that using a similar gearing system driven by a descending weight might be used to measure out an hour of time mechanically.
It also makes machines that measure out the appropriate amounts of powder in pills, baking soda in diapers, whitener in toothpaste or nougat in candy bars.
On Tuesday, on a narrow vote of 17-15, House Republicans passed this measure out of the House Judiciary Committee, with one Republican voting with Democrats to oppose this because of the exclusion of these tribal protections.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index trimmed its earlier gains to trade flat after another manufacturing measure came out showing a decline.
The STOCK Act -- the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act -- is a rare bipartisan measure coming out of a deeply divided Congress.
The use of hedonic quality modeling in adjusting the prices of goods and services has destroyed the concept of the CPI as a measure of out-of-pocket expenses.
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China's export model, then, still consists in big measure of renting out cheap labour and land to foreigners.
All figures are on an annual premium equivalent basis - the standard industry measure that strips out volatility.
Also, Monday's data showed core inflation -- a closely tracked measure that strips out volatile food and fuel items -- eased to 3.48% from 3.78%.
The measure, hashed out during a GOP conference meeting, would return all 280, 000 furloughed federal workers to their jobs, and resume pay for the 480, 000 workers who have been working without wages since the partial shutdown began.
Elsewhere, the Joint Committee on the Draft Care and Support Bill (at 9.45am), the measure to sort out the social care system, hears from the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, and his junior ministers Norman Lamb and Dr Daniel Poulter.
Charles Schumer, D-New York, the leading proponent of appointing a special counsel in the matter, failed in an attempt Thursday to win Senate backing of a resolution endorsing the idea when the measure was ruled out of order and no vote was taken.
Even airport scans are typically used only as a secondary security measure, he points out.
In their outdoor laboratory, they set out to measure how much atmospheric carbon the crops were able to lock in the soil.
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Amazingly, this measure has virtually wiped out the health threat in Britain.
In 1999, astronomers set out to measure the speed of expansion by looking at distant supernovae exploding stars to see how fast they were moving away.
The first challenge was figuring out how to measure whether or not chemicals were blocking the integrase enzyme so that hundreds of different potential medicines could be tried out.
The England coach did hold out a measure of hope for Gascoigne, as well as Matthew Le Tissier, by assuring them that the international door "is not shut" to them yet.
Government sources say restricting housing benefit for the under-25s is being looked at but pointed out the measure would only save "hundreds of millions" and there had been no agreement with the Lib Dems.
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Scales that turned out to measure the same qualities with different words were eliminated and the researchers eventually lighted on 19 that described aspects of four underlying qualities that they dub attractiveness, eeriness, humanness and warmth.
Mr. McConnell pointed out that, in the short-term federal spending measure passed in December, Republicans left out funding to hire workers to implement the health overhaul.
Measure the risk, price out the options, work with a professional and cover the really big risks.
Using a standardized measure, the model spits out a numerical ranking of volatility so investors can make apples-to-apples comparisons.
They lag behind both whites and blacks by almost every measure: higher drop-out rates, lower test scores, fewer college graduates.
The build plate is significantly bigger, with the ability to spit out creations that measure 11.2 x 6.1 x 6.0 inches (410 cubic inches).
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"This team needs to measure itself with the best out there in order to get better, " Klinsmann says before rushing off to another practice.
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Dr Pollack has worked out how to measure the earth's temperature several hundred years ago by studying the actual heat that once made it warm.
Until now, France and Slovenia were the only two countries to have opted out from this measure of financial transparency, already implemented at a European level.
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