They are artificially created to try to measure something that may not reflect what is being measured.
We just try to measure the risk levels that we see in various asset classes, if you will.
We try to measure your horsepower by seeing you react to questions more than the beauty of your code.
For if you try to measure how much metal is left by measuring reserves you will obviously be wrong.
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If one were to try to measure the state of the atom, it would "collapse" into a single state.
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It is equally important to understand the conversation as trying to measure it, and in my experience most brands try to measure before understanding.
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He's working with researchers at George Washington University who hope to try to measure the impact forces and injury rates of runners who try the method.
Several panelists compared social media today to early stages of the Internet when companies had a hard time figuring out how to use it, much less try to measure ROI.
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Try to measure the area of a Frisbee disc with wooden blocks and the answer is pretty coarse, but do the same thing with 10 billion grains of sand and you can get pretty damn accurate.
One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indicator called the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which measures momentum on a scale of zero to 100.
To assess the contribution from melting ice sheets, scientists try to measure "mass balance, " which is the difference between the annual snow that falls on the permanent ice sheets each year, and the total mass of ice that melts or breaks off the sheets.
Not surprisingly, studies that try directly to measure the distributional consequences reach divergent conclusions.
But Republican opponents will try to kill the measure with a filibuster next.
When combined with Zocor in Vytorin, Zetia does lower C-reactive protein (CRP), which doctors use to try and measure artery inflammation.
In particular, the federal government may try to prevent implementation of the California measure, making it difficult to collect tax revenue.
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On this gray March day Coen Gilbert has already driven his Prius to Harrisburg and back to try to persuade Pennsylvania legislators to back a pro-B corp measure.
Rep. Charlie Gonzalez, D-Texas, warned Thursday that several caucus members might try to block the House bill if it's changed to conform to the Senate measure.
This fall the House is scheduled to take up climate change legislation, and he says that he's willing to try to fit the renewable energy standard into that measure if necessary.
Deep cuts to military and other discretionary spending took effect this month, and both sides were expected to try to soften their impact through a separate funding measure for the rest of the current fiscal year, which ends September 30.
Police and stewards moved in to try to stem the violence - witnessed by millions on TV - but it took some time to restore a measure of control.
Officials say that they will try to change the wording in the Senate, where the measure commands greater support.
Democrats will try to attach an amendment that was stripped from their original measure, to allow bankruptcy court judges to lower mortgage payments for homeowners facing foreclosure.
"The mining sector in 2013 is in for quite a tumultuous period but having considered the sector's contribution to the country's GDP, but also its contribution to employment levels, the government will have a strong reason to try and ensure that there is policy clarity and also a measure of stability in the medium term, " she says.
As hard as we try, every one messes up from time to time, and personal branding necessarily involves some (hopefully small) measure of crisis communications.
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And I have certainly allowed for the fact that that measure may not pass, and that if it does not pass we will move forward and try to find a way to reach an agreement that ensures that the American people, 160 million of them, get the kind of tax relief that this President firmly believes they deserve and need next year.
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