91.   With that as the measuring stick, how hard is it to imagine the following news reports from any of a dozen U.S. public education agencies?

92.   Playing Nebraska, then K-State, should be the ultimate measuring stick.

93.   A staff member on the committee that issued the report, Joan Earatz-Snowden, said state tests are inadequate and that some national measuring stick is necessary.

94.   And especially since Nicklaus is the only measuring stick Woods uses for his game.

95.   For organizer Molly Johnson, the festival also represents a measuring stick for Canadian music.

96.   Many who come use the United States as a measuring stick.

97.   Texas was in search of another measuring stick after getting routed by Purdue earlier this season.

98.   That left Wilczak somewhat disappointed because the Germans are the measuring stick of the sport.

99.   The Bengals described the game as a measuring stick, and they measured up.

100.   Their new measuring stick is yards and feet.