11.   By most objective measures, Dr. Julie A. Swain is, like her twin sister, a stunning success.

12.   By objective measures, several other countries would be ahead of Russia for membership in this exclusive group.

13.   Having an objective measure of your fitness, said Golding, is certainly important as both a stick and a carrot.

14.   Now, health plans and employers are seeking objective measures that hospitals can use as benchmarks in a process that copies the continuous quality improvement approach in manufacturing industries.

15.   Objective measures indicate the program is working, although some of the improvements have been modest.

16.   Ogden said it would lead to interminable lawsuits, but Bivins said he would work with West on language that would set objective measures for determining sufficient funding levels.

17.   On the job, Meekhof and her colleague Stephen Jefferts deal with a more objective measure of time.

18.   Psychologists say the responses bear a strong correlation to more objective measures of well-being, like blood pressure.

19.   The rules aimed to replace the political spoils system with objective measures.

20.   The unanswered question is why this insecurity persisted even as the labor market, by all objective measures, tightened considerably. . . .