• "A lack of central guidance on social eligibility criteria and perceptions of high cost of implementation are standing in the way of equitable access, " said Sheena Young, its head of business development.

    BBC: Egg being inseminated

  • Scottish rugby is on a high in terms of its standing now.

    BBC: Gemmell names Scots Sevens squad

  • The auditor general said since NFI began, it had led to the elimination of many long-standing, high-value frauds.

    BBC: Wales

  • It is interesting that the only other post-World War II president to maintain high standing with a majority of Americans is Ronald Reagan.

    NPR: 'Let Every Nation Know': JFK in His Own Words

  • McCain's high standing with independents was reminiscent of his performance in the 2000 GOP primary in New Hampshire.

    CNN: Exit polls: Women push Clinton to New Hampshire win

  • His first six months as leader of the UUP have seen two high-profile and long standing UUP politicians leave the party.

    BBC: John McCallister

  • Standing 38ft-high and constructed entirely of old-growth Douglas fir, the acoustically perfect dome rises out of the dusty Mojave Desert like a UFO, embodying the extra-terrestrial elements that inspired its construction.

    BBC: A desert dome that inspires rock stars and star-gazers

  • Standing among 40 tonnes of food piled as high as my head, it is hard to imagine that all these beans, potatoes, jams and marmalades were about to go to waste.

    BBC: Tees

  • This partly reflects some Europeans' long-standing resentment of what they see as America's high-handedness.

    ECONOMIST: Europe and the United States

  • The court, however, overturned an earlier order of the Madras High Court to shut down the plant over long-standing environmental concerns.

    BBC: Sterlite Industries plant

  • Originally planned to provide 850 megawatts of electricity generated by 30, 000 solar dishes standing 40 feet high, the project was scaled back over concern about impacts on desert tortoises.

    FORBES: Environmental Groups Strongly Endorse "None Of The Above" Energy Plans

  • Granted, Brooks does note a general preference for high-status mates, a keen sensitivity to evidence of our standing in the various social hierarchies we inhabit, and he does cite some empirical evidence to the effect that successful people tend to be self-deceived about their place in the social pecking order.

    FORBES: The Social Animal by David Brooks: A Scornful Review

  • Each of the towers would be roughly the size of a two-car garage standing well-over half a mile high.

    FORBES: World's Largest Solar Tower Takes Next Step Forward

  • Their poll ratings are at least as high as those of Mr Kohl's unsettled Christian Democrats, a standing that last weekend's local elections in the state of Hesse, which many voters ignored, did nothing to alter.

    ECONOMIST: Germany

  • Some places, like Paris, have such high unemployment and deep pools of qualified workers that you'd have trouble standing out as an American looking to get hired by an American company.

    FORBES: Business Basics

  • The location every "Pride and Prejudice" fan wants to visit is, of course, Pemberley -- "a large, handsome, stone building, standing well on rising ground, and backed by a ridge of high woody hills, " as Austen describes it.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Evans had 11 points and a career-high 24 rebounds while making 5 of 16 free throws for the Nets, earning a standing ovation for his effort.

    WSJ: Williams hits 11 3s, scores 42 as Nets top Wizards

  • In a country like South Korea, or in an area like Hong Kong, where they have insanely high bandwidth rates at very low prices, there is nothing standing in the way of video conferencing software that "perfectly" emulates face-to-face communication.

    FORBES: The Animation Revolution Part II

  • Standing at the 244m-high viewpoint, with the wind licking the jagged shards of glass that razor another 66m skywards, is both dizzying and enthralling.

    BBC: Sky high at London��s Shard

  • Not long after, in just a matter of minutes, the tide came roaring back and hit the barriers along the Galle Face Green with such a force that there were walls of water over 15 feet high shooting over the barriers and slamming on the areas where the people were standing not two minutes ago.

    CNN: Tsunami tragedy: Your e-mails

  • "Oil and gas prices are high, and they are here to stay, " says Plummer, standing in shirtsleeves in front of a working oil well.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • While long-standing luxury brands will most likely be fine if they deliver true quality and the high level of service well-heeled consumers expect, some other brand categories probably won't survive this new era of non-gratuitous spending.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Antitrust authorities, however, especially of late at the FTC, seem to view the high-tech economy with suspicion, seeing any successful firm as likely to be standing in the way of economic growth by dominating its slice of the market.

    FORBES: Don't Throw The Flag: How The FTC Acts Like Replacement Refs

  • "Cray is a leader in the high-end of the supercomputing industry, and the Cray XC30 system promises to continue the Company's strong standing in the market for designing, building and installing leadership-class supercomputers, such as the 'Titan' system at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the 'Blue Waters' supercomputer at the University of Illinois' National Center for Supercomputing Applications, " said Earl Joseph, IDC program vice president for HPC.

    ENGADGET: Cray unleashes 100 petaflop XC30 supercomputer with up to a million Intel Xeon cores

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