71.   The prime rate is the key measuring stick for millions of loans, including mortgages, car loans and credit card balances.

72.   The real measuring stick is at your local toy store.

73.   The record itself is not a true measuring stick of progress or problems, but a winning record does help create confidence entering the season, Johnson said.

74.   The Spurs will be a pretty good measuring stick.

75.   The visiting Red Sox were deemed a good measuring stick.

76.   These can be used like a measuring stick to gauge the large-scale geometry and overall contents of the universe.

77.   They have been watching us all along and now they have a measuring stick.

78.   This comes from a man who despises mediocrity and maintains that his measuring stick begins where most aspire to be.

79.   This exhibition season, at least, is a solid measuring stick.

80.   They look at the Vikings as a measuring stick.