For the last 52 years, the equipment from Joe Kittinger's mission had been the reference point.
That bar is the reference point for the price action that follows.
For thousands of years, the reference point provided by gold has been the equivalent of Polaris in the world of everyday commerce.
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There is nothing more boring, even to budget wonks, but the reference point against which you measure tax changes is critical to how you see those proposals.
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Meanwhile, the Portuguese Villas-Boas, who was returning to his former club, said the EPL had lost one of its "most charismatic managers" and "the reference point in terms of coaches and being a successful manager".
Different organizations, ranging from the Bowles-Simpson Fiscal Commission to the House Budget Committee, have considered this current policy baseline to be the appropriate reference point, since it measures changes relative to the status quo, rather than the mix of expiring provisions and policy changes that would likely never be implemented.
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This would prove to be a pivotal period for human-powered aircraft, and the Gossamer designs would be the new reference point for future projects.
Amazon has become the canonical reference point for every book.
Now, officials at the Swiss National Bank are considering what currency or basket of currencies would replace the euro as its reference point for the currency ceiling, according to a person familiar with the situation.
They are believed to use the position of the sun as a reference point and can compensate for its movement across the sky when calculating the route they need to return home.
Knowing what a field looked like, day by day, during a year when it produced 180 bushels per acre or 20% less than that, gives the software a reference point.
The findings provide a reference point for conservation efforts and estimates of extinction rates, the researchers say.
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In Switzerland, which like the U.K. isn't part of the euro zone, the central bank has used the euro as its external reference point in its efforts to keep the Swiss franc's value stable.
The bands were used to draw up a reference point of 100 which was the "median" achievement of all the students.
In response the British Bankers' Association (BBA) started publishing LIBOR rates in 1986 and they quickly became a vital reference point for the pricing of financial instruments.
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There is enormous potential in the UN Plan of Action in bringing the full weight of the UN to bear on the challenges, and in being a point of reference for others who share the concern to turn the tide.
We had to go to court as a reference point but the administration has now been rubber-stamped.
Managua's eponymous lake is locals' most commonly used reference point in the capital.
As a reference point, the U.S. might use the standard of the British, who now seem chipper enough about troubled southern Iraq to begin drawing down their forces there.
As a point of reference the US has about 250 retail stores while China has 11.
"Timo is the reference I have as my starting point, " said Di Grassi.
The United States provides a good reference point.
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At all times important information, such as driving directions and the name of a song or radio station is kept at the top of the screen so the driver always has a single reference point.
Before the advent of the euro, Germany's mark was Switzerland's main point of reference including a period in the 1970s when the Swiss National Bank pegged the franc against the mark to rein in a surge in the Swiss currency.
Consider focusing on the YTD performance category as an initial reference point to identify underperforming asset classes for now.
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An interesting point you made is the reference to the recent purchase of Burger King by 3G Capital and its Brazilian investors.
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As a point of reference, the average gain seen from the bull markets since 1900 has been something on the order of 81%.
The requirement, drawn up after Robert Maxwell robbed his companies' pensions funds in the early 1990s, attempts to assess the present value of pension funds' future liabilities, taking the yield curve on gilts as its reference point.
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It is increasingly accepted that the Holocaust has become a global point of reference for mass violence.
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