Mr. Sharif, who had previously strongly opposed the program, used more measured language on Monday.

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To test the system's performance at the configuration stage, the K computer's processing speed was measured by the LINPACK benchmark program, placing it on the 37th TOP500 ranking of the world's fastest supercomputers.

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After enforcement actions in 1954 were combined with an increase in the use of the Bracero program, illegal entry, as measured by INS apprehensions at the border, fell by an astonishing 95 percent between 1953 and 1959.

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In the 1950s, even with the imperfect Bracero program, we saw the illegal entry of Mexican farm workers, as measured by apprehensions, decline by over 90 percent between 1953 and 1959.

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Yet the chief reason they campaign for a measured U.S. buck-weakening program is to "correct" our growing external deficit and avoid a dollar crash and financial market chaos.

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And in talking with the area manager, Savas was happy to learn that Weight Watchers measured its own success in terms of how well its members did with the program.

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Let me provide a look at how a car company tracks profitability of a product program: measured are material cost and labor, and these are deducted from the selling price.

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