There is no question that the blogosphere, fast-growing as it is, has yet to nail down one way to measure itself or gauge its activity.
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OK, for most investors the BMW gauge or wine auction activity will never replace traditional economic indicators like housing starts or new orders for durable goods.
We'll be watching the cars whizz round the bumpy Interlagos circuit for the next hour or so to gauge form ahead of qualifying at 1600, when the real business begins.
Try to imagine the scene at the front of the lines, as already overworked TSA agents are forced to take tape measures or rulers and gauge the length and width of knives, as travelers insist their blades are shorter than 2.36 inches or that they aren't more than a half-inch wide.
Vertical thrust alone may not be the most appropriate memorial or the most fitting gauge of capitalism's resilience.
Regulators could monitor how this trades, or use markets that gauge the risk of insolvency, to help decide when banks must raise more capital (see article).
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Beyond avoiding the national catastrophe that you've warned about, once all the legs of your stool are in place, how can the American people gauge whether or not your programs are working?
"It would be most useful for countries where they don't have much rain gauge data or weather radar - in Africa for instance, they do have mobile phones, at least in areas where the population density is high enough, " he told BBC News.
Credit analysts look at the corporate balance and income sheets and gauge whether or not a company has enough money to cover its short term maturing debt while paying interest on its long term loans, and still manage to grow as a company.
Convening a focus group or performing traditional market research to gauge the impact of a campaign, in contrast, might take weeks or even months.
Or held a debate to gauge, in terms of degree of difficulty, which most fluently speaks double-talk?
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Viewership is sort of neutral by nature, or at least harder to gauge.
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Consider conducting several informational interviews a year to informally gauge employment opportunities or positions that interest you, Coleman says.
It's still far too early to gauge whether Philadelphia or any other city is truly seeing an economic improvement from the free Wi-Fi.
We also added a new measure net migration which we see as a clear gauge of whether or not residents feel a community is worth living in.
Goldman tested whether economic output as measured by Gross National Product or its in-house gauge of sustainable growth and productivity known as GES were correlated to FIFA rankings.
In response to a question, he said the team has yet to hold any preliminary talks with sponsors or other local businesses to gauge interest in suite sales at a new venue.
And, as always, traders will be watching economic data to see whether conditions are improving or deteriorating so they can gauge for themselves what officials may do with monetary policy down the road.
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The deal's ambition or its potential impact on poor countries is difficult to gauge because it includes no numbers, dates or references to specific products.
This trendline has been a great gauge for overall strength or weakness since the bull market started back in 1995.
While loitering on the site, I found legal scholars wanting me to pretend to be a juror on a murder trial, so they could gauge how persuasive (or flimsy) certain kinds of testimony might be.
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Money may not be Hollywood's only gauge, but for better or worse it is how business success is measured.
You can then reveal your identity bit by bit, so as to gauge interest in your bonds or shares.
This makes it hard to gauge hedge funds' size or understand their strategies.
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Most of us gauge our health by one or two measures: how we feel on a daily basis, or whether or not our doctor gives a thumbs-up at the annual checkup.
Any repair or replacement made under this Lithium-Ion Battery Capacity Coverage may not return a Lithium-Ion battery to an "as new" condition with all 12 battery capacity bars, but it will provide the vehicle with a capacity level of nine bars or more on the battery capacity level gauge.
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Thus, unless one views every single benefit given to and received by a physician or hospital as part of a cynical effort to influence the independent judgment of physicians, it is impossible to gauge whether any payments in the database are problematic, or instead appear to be reasonable, justified, and even beneficial for society as a whole.
For the 2012 presidential race, it is too early to gauge with any precision how he or potential GOP candidates are doing in fund-raising.
He urges marketers to make sure they understand the "elasticity" of their brand, which would be a gauge of how much--or how little--advertising is necessary to sustain sales.
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