1.   He called its performance standards intolerable and announced plans to privatise it.

2.   It May become dull and mechanized, lowering its performance standards and expectations in the inter-est of predictable functionality.

3.   Students compete not against each other, but against performance standards.

4.   The MIT continuously measured itself against clear performance standards.

5.   Annan also produced a new code of conduct for U.N. staff, which includes financial disclosure by senior officials and specific job performance standards.

6.   Another is that at present, there is no performance standard by which the equipment would be certified for use.

7.   Are performance standards necessary?

8.   At Intel, once a new product meets acceptable performance standards, the production line engineers earn the right to make improvements.

9.   Bell Atlantic has not yet satisfied the precise performance standards required by the New York State Public Service Commission.

10.   Block grants then could be used to end duplication under national performance standards, and waivers could let states experiment.