1.   At any rate, the measures proposed would take time, and almost no one expects the central bank to begin raising interest rates in the meantime.

2.   Both measures would take months, if not years, to be put into effect if enacted.

3.   -- The current measure of poverty takes no account of tax laws and social welfare programs that profoundly alter the economic well-being of millions of Americans.

4.   A House-approved measure takes a different approach, keeping most screeners in the private sector.

5.   But if current diplomatic initiatives fail to stop the campaign, it is not clear what direct measures China could take to counter NATO.

6.   But last week, less than two months after the measure took effect, just such an incident occurred.

7.   But most had ultimately decided that the trade measure did not take into account their concerns about labor and environmental conditions in other countries.

8.   Cost-cutting measures are taking effect, the bank said.

9.   Environmental regulators said the measure effectively takes away the ability to penalize the Department of Defense when it pollutes.

10.   Grundig AG, a German consumer electronics maker, said it narrowed its first-half loss as reorganization measures took hold.