11.   A nurse jots down insurance information, then takes her temperature.

12.   A reporter tags along to take the temperature in his district.

13.   But the reality also is now that most companies can take the temperature of the work force and find signs of malaise.

14.   But the president is taking the temperature of his countrymen and is taking his time with major decisions.

15.   Buyers smell the cavity of the fish, examine eyes and gills, check color, and take the temperature.

16.   Clean a mess here, give a dose of medicine there, fill a glass of water here, take a temperature there.

17.   Essentially, you forget how to take the temperature of your holiday without the benefit of a turkey baster and an oven thermometer.

18.   For a decade, The Boston Globe has been taking the temperature of the Massachusetts economy each spring.

19.   For example, the wife takes her temperature but her husband records it on the chart, she said.

20.   Generally he approaches the human condition from a distance, or by taking the temperature of the surroundings.