Mr. ALEXANDER TODOROV (Psychologist, Princeton University): So we measured the impressions on all of these traits, and we measured, of course, attractiveness.

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And, of course, in sports where performance is measured by the clock, we can see that, intrinsically, humans are getting faster.

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Of course, audio can't truly be measured in pure numbers and specifications.

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Of course, life change isn't necessarily measured on the scale.

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Of course, next door or down the block in Vegas is measured in miles.

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According to the MBA, as of the week ending June 3, 2011, mortgage loan applications, as measured by the seasonally adjusted Purchase Index, decreased by 4.4% over the course of the previous week and by 3% over the month of May.

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Eighty-five percent said that "student growth over the course of the academic year" should be a factor in how their performance is measured.

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It claims the software creates a virtual topographical map of your features, which is then measured against the donor database, looking for similar surface textures, vector templating and, of course size of features.

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