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frames- They devised a 69-point scale -- *-1 awarding one point for [ARG1 each subskill] [rel measured] * on [ARG2-on the CAT test] -- *-1 to rate the closeness of test preparatives to the fifth-grade CAT .
- [ARG2 The managers ' index] , which *T*-147 [rel measures] [ARG1 the health of the manufacturing sector] , stood at 47.6 % *ICH*-1 in October , above September 's 46 % , and also above average forecasts for the index of 45.3 % .
- While [ARG2 the S&P tally] does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel measure] [ARG1 the magnitude of dividend changes] , a further slippage in the number of dividend increases could be a harbinger of slower dividend growth next year .
- In point of fact , [ARG1 volatility] as * [rel measured] *-2 by [ARG2-by the annualized standard deviation of daily stock price movements] has frequently been much higher than it is *?* today .
- [ARG2 Total return] [rel measures] [ARG1 price changes and interest income] .
- [ARG2 The index] is intended *-1 to [rel measure] [ARG1 future economic performance] .
- [ARG1 The index of leading indicators] got a major boost in September from a surge in consumer expectations as * [rel measured] *-1 by [ARG0-by the University of Michigan] .
- Even if the new Stanza succeeds , Nissan will remain behind in the subcompact segment , where [ARG1 its Sentra] does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel measure] up to [ARG2-to the Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla] *T*-1 .
- `` Until now , [ARG0 we] 've had no objective way of * [rel measuring] [ARG1 motor function] , '' says *T*-1 Keith Chiappa , a neurologist conducting clinical tests with the devices at Boston 's Massachusetts General Hospital .
- The NAM embraces efforts *ICH*-2 , which [ARG0 both the administration and the medical profession] have begun *T*-1 , * to [rel measure] [ARG1 the effectiveness of medical treatments] and then * to draft medical-practice guidelines .
- [ARG0 He] showed up with a carpenter 's level , [ARGM-MNR carefully] [rel measured] [ARG1 every surface] and showed how the apparent shrinkage was caused *-1 by the perspective *T*-2 .
- [ARG1 The largest financial issues] , as * [rel measured] by [ARG2-by the Nasdaq financial index] , tumbled 3.23 to
- *-2 Going by official forecasts of [ARG2 GDP] , which *T*-1 [rel measures] [ARG1 the colony 's output of goods and services , minus foreign income ,] Mr. Mushkat 's `` realists '' seem relatively close to the mark .
- Somewhere in between there must be [ARG1 a golden mean] , [ARGM-ADV perhaps] [rel measured] * by [ARG2-by M-Whatever] , but perhaps measured * by purchasing power parity .
- Somewhere in between there must be [ARG1 a golden mean] , perhaps measured * by M-Whatever , but [ARGM-ADV perhaps] [rel measured] * by [ARG2-by purchasing power parity] .
- Among the things 0 I learned *T*-2 *-4 covering the World Series these past few weeks is *T*-3 that [ARG2 the Richter scale] , which *T*-1 [rel measures] [ARG1 earthquakes] , is n't like the one in your bathroom .
- [ARG1 A quake] that *T*-1 [rel measures] [ARG3 two] on [ARG2-on the Richter] is n't twice as severe as a `` one '' -- it 's 10 times worse .
- Until recently , Kellogg had been telling its sales force and Wall Street that by 1992 it intended *-1 to achieve [ARG1 a 50 % share] of market , [rel measured] * in [ARG2-in dollar volume] .
- But [ARG1 the thing] 0 [ARG0 it] 's supposed *-2 to [rel measure] *T*-1 -- manufacturing strength -- it missed *-3 altogether last month . ''
- [ARGM-ADV *-2 Weighing 6.7 pounds with battery] , [ARG1 the notebook] [rel measures] [ARG3 8.2 by 11.7 inches] , has a 20-megabyte hard disk drive and boasts a backlit screen that *T*-1 is 22 % larger than Compaq 's .
- [ARG1 Soldiers and sailors] are [ARGM-TMP still] [rel measured] *-1 in [ARG2-in inches and pounds] .
- [ARG2 The Consumer Price Index `` A ''] , which *T*-1 [rel measures] [ARG1 price changes] [ARGM-PNC for the 50 % of urban households that *T*-2 spend between 2,000 Hong Kong dollars -LRB- US$ 256.18 *U* -RRB- and HK$ 6,499 *U* a month] , edged up 1.5 % in September from August .
- [ARG2 September 's Hang Seng Consumer Price Index] , which *T*-1 [rel measures] [ARG1 price changes for the 10 % of urban households spending HK$ 10,000 *U* and HK$ 24,999 *U* a month] , was up 11 % from a year ago and up 1.3 % from August .
- [ARG1 The monetary tax benefit of indexation for all gains in excess of inflation] [ARGM-MOD can] be [rel measured] *-1 [ARGM-MNR * using the following equation : tax rate , times inflation rate , times basis for the gain] .
- Once inside , [ARG0 she] spends nearly four hours *-2 [rel measuring] and diagramming [ARG1 each room in the 80-year-old house] , *-2 gathering enough information * to estimate what it *EXP*-3 would cost *T*-1 * to rebuild it .
- [ARG2 An inflation gauge] that *T*-1 [rel measures] [ARG1 the quarterly change in prices of an array of goods and services] slowed its growth to a 2.9 % annual rate in the third quarter from 5 % in the second .
- Some jewelers have [ARG2 Geiger counters] 0 *T*-1 to [rel measure] [ARG1 topaz radiation] .
- The vote yesterday was the most partisan in many years , and [ARGM-ADV though the Democratic leadership is ambivalent about how * to address the abortion issue] , [ARG1 the debate] is [ARGM-MNR increasingly] [rel measured] in [ARG2-in party terms] .
- [ARG1 Eavesdropping by individuals] is harder 0 [ARG0 *] to [rel measure] *T*-1 .
- Since [ARG2 the budget] [rel measures] [ARG1 cash flow] , a new $ 1 *U* direct loan is treated *-1 as a $ 1 *U* expenditure , even though at least part of the loan will be paid *-2 back .
- [ARG0 They] 've been able *-1 to [rel measure] [ARG1 the minuscule movements of the artery wall] [ARGM-TMP as the beating heart raises and lowers the pressure of the flowing blood] , a first for such tiny blood vessels , they report 0 *T*-2 in Nature , a scientific journal .
- [ARG0 They] now are experimenting with * [rel measuring] [ARG1 blood flow] .
- [ARG1 The ozone layer] is constantly in motion and thus very hard [ARG0 *] to [rel measure] *?* .
- And , `` more importantly , '' he says *T*-1 , `` [ARG1 the debt burden] [rel measured] * [ARGM-MNR other ways] is not really in uncharted waters . ''
- Because of this and the huge trade gap , the deficit in [ARG2 China 's current account] , which *T*-1 [rel measures] [ARG1 trade in goods and services plus certain unilateral transfers of funds] , is expected *-2 to widen sharply from the $ 3.8 billion *U* deficit last year .
- Like many OTC growth issues , they have [ARG1 market values] -- as * [rel measured] by [ARG2-by stock price times shares outstanding] -- of roughly $ 100 million to $ 500 million *U* .
- But [ARG1 inflation] , as *-2 [rel measured] *-1 by [ARG2-by the GNP deflator] [ARGM-LOC in Thursday 's report] , is expected *-2 to rise only 3.5 % , down from 4.6 % in the second quarter .
- As of last weekend , [ARG0 a dozen labs] also have reported *-1 [rel measuring] [ARG1 `` excess '' heat] from similar electrolytic experiments , although amounts of such heat vary widely .
- Typically , the input energy ranges from a third of a watt to one watt and [ARG1 the excess energy] is [rel measured] *-1 in [ARG2-in tenths of a watt] .
- There is n't [ARGM-MNR any way] 0 [ARG0 *] to [ARGM-MNR continuously] [rel measure] [ARG1 the amount of tritium in the heavy water] *T*-2 , so it *EXP*-3 's been difficult * to tell whether the tritium formation is related *-1 to the heat bursts or some other phenomenon .
- Increasingly careful attempts [ARG0 *] to [rel measure] [ARG1 neutrons , which *T*-1 would be strong evidence of fusion reactions ,] continue *-2 to be negative .
- [ARGM-DIS In particular] , [ARG2 beta] does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel measure] [ARG1 the company - and industry-specific risk associated * with an individual stock] .
- Beta is [ARG2 a handy gauge] that *T*-1 [rel measures] [ARG1 the volatility of a stock or stock mutual fund] .
- [ARGM-TMP When] [ARG0 financial professionals] [rel measure] [ARG1 risk] [ARGM-MNR mathematically] *T*-1 , they usually focus on the volatility of short-term returns .
- [ARG1 That] is [ARGM-TMP usually] [rel measured] *-1 by [ARG2-by the standard deviation , or divergence , of annual results from the average return over time] .
- [ARG0 The Philanthropic Advisory Service of the BBB] reviews hundreds of new charities every year , *-2 [rel measuring] [ARG1 them] against [ARG2-against minimum standards] [ARGM-ADV for accountability ; for accuracy and honesty in solicitation ; and for percentage of funds actually going to work for which the charity was supposedly established *-1 *T*-3] .
- Mr. Belli , like many other personal-injury lawyers , suspects that [ARG1 the earthquake] , which *T*-1 [rel measured] [ARG3 6.9 on the Richter scale] , will generate enough lawsuits 0 *T*-2 to keep this city 's personal-injury and construction lawyers busy for quite some time .
- As power and commuters returned to much of downtown San Francisco for the first time since Tuesday 's temblor in the Bay area , three strong aftershocks , [ARG1 one] [rel measuring] [ARG3 5.0] on [ARG2-on the Richter scale] , jolted the region .
- The Galileo spacecraft sped unerringly toward the planet Jupiter , while [ARG0 five astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis] [rel measured] [ARG1 the Earth 's ozone layer] .
- In December , the shuttle Columbia will try *-2 to retrieve [ARG0 a satellite] that *T*-1 's been in orbit for nearly five years *-3 [rel measuring] [ARG1 the deleterious effects of space on materials and instruments] .
- [ARG1 That temblor] [rel measured] [ARG3 6.1] on [ARG2-on the Richter scale] ; Tuesday 's was
- [ARG1 The impact of the destruction of this 2.5-mile stretch of highway] was [ARGM-MNR tragically] [rel measured] *-1 in [ARG2-in lost lives] .
- [ARG1 *-1] [rel Measured] [ARGM-MNR the same way] , the decline for black males was 14.2 % .
- *-1 Excluding that bottling business , [ARG1 Coca-Cola Enterprises ' volume] , [rel measured] * by [ARG2-by cases of soda] , rose only 1 % .
- All year , energy prices have skewed [ARG2 the producer price index] , which *T*-1 [rel measures] [ARG1 changes in the prices 0 producers receive *T*-2 for goods] .
- [ARG1 Stocks] , as *-1 [rel measured] *-2 by [ARG2-by the Standard & Poor 's 500-stock index] , have been stellar performers this year , *-1 rising 27.97 % before Friday 's plunge , excluding dividends .