It will be a test whether on an important issue Europe can be pragmatic and flexible in its decision-making.
On the other hand, the test of a policy based on realism is whether it delivers results, and engagement on its own, as Mr Bush discovered in his chastened second term, seldom alters the behaviour of regimes that think they are acting rationally in their own vital interests.
"The payoff for cheating, whether it's cheating on a college SAT test or cheating on your wife or cheating in athletic competition, is you'll win and get all the proceeds and accolades that go with the championship, " Walsh said.
So I just -- I just had a meeting with my team this week about this, trying to find ways that we can improve the assessment system so we're still holding schools accountable, we're still holding teachers accountable, but we're not just holding them accountable for a score on a standardized test, but we have a richer way of assessing whether these schools are making progress.
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On progress towards joining the EU, the next big test for Mr Erdogan will be whether he can budge a bit more on the opening of Turkish ports and airports to Cyprus, shaming Turkey's detractors within the EU (notably the French) into stopping their efforts to undermine the membership talks.
The next test: whether patients are willing to stay on such a radical diet over the long haul.
Whether the Dragon capsule launches on April 30th depends on the outcome of a final test on April 16th.
Members said enforcement agencies do not rely on pack design to test whether packs are illegal - instead they use a number of security features, all of which could also be present on standardised packs.
The big test for checking whether animals recognise themselves involves painting a mark on their faces.
There was no immediate confirmation, though much speculation, about whether Kevin Pietersen would take over as England's Test and one-day captain on a long-term basis.
For the second type of entrepreneur, Spanos advises them to build a prototype and test it out on potential customers in order to determine whether the initial hypothesis about the opportunity is right or should be changed.
Used properly, these formulas can be an acid test to help a worker judge whether his or her retirement savings plan is on track.
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Recent research backs him up: A study by psychologists at Scotland's University of Edinburgh put a host of pickup lines to the test on 205 undergraduates, who rated whether they'd be likely to continue conversation.
Whether the verification process undertaken is reasonable will be an objective determination, based on a facts-and-circumstances test.
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Having established the principle, Dr Huang and Dr Galinsky went on to test the effect of posture on other power-related decisions: whether to speak first in a debate, whether to leave the site of a plane crash to find help and whether to join a movement to free a prisoner who was wrongfully locked up.
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For private equity investors, the final test is whether a venture will generate sufficient cash flow to service the debt they plan to pile on it in order to pay themselves big dividends and recoup their initial investment--to "get their bait back, " in Wall Street parlance.
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