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All it means is that there is no government or credible document that we can look at to provide insight into where the "$30+" billion are being spent, and most importantly, over what time-scale [as the Sentinel sure isn't that quantitative in their article].

NASA Leadership Vacuum - NASA Watch 2009

• Climate change has a very long time-scale - we are talking decades and centuries when it comes to alterations and consequences caused by global warming.

Erik Rasmussen: The World Needs a New Language Erik Rasmussen 2011

"The basic idea is permanently to be finding a dynamic balance between short timescale jobs and long time-scale ones," he says.

Outlying Businesses Help Vinci Through Tough Times Adam Mitchell 2011

Is it a time-scale issue, or an issue of technological achievement?

The Volokh Conspiracy » OMB Has Its Eyes on Prizes 2010

On this time-scale, the warming and consequent expansion of the oceans may account for about 2 to 7 cm of the observed rise in sea level, while the observed retreat of glaciers and ice-caps may account for about 2 to 5 cm.

Aide: Obama believes tax on costly policies 'has some merit' 2009

I also think RB has gotten confused about the time-scale.

Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Tom’s Review Forum 2009

On the southern high plains of Texas, on a time-scale less than an average human lifetime, growing concerns over water scarcity are playing out.

Rebecca Gerendasy: The Ogallala Aquifer: Water Scarcity on the Texas High Plains (VIDEO) Rebecca Gerendasy 2012

On the southern high plains of Texas, on a time-scale less than an average human lifetime, growing concerns over water scarcity are playing out.

Rebecca Gerendasy: The Ogallala Aquifer: Water Scarcity on the Texas High Plains (VIDEO) Rebecca Gerendasy 2012

On the southern high plains of Texas, on a time-scale less than an average human lifetime, growing concerns over water scarcity are playing out.

Rebecca Gerendasy: The Ogallala Aquifer: Water Scarcity on the Texas High Plains (VIDEO) Rebecca Gerendasy 2012

All this seems to prove that the measurement of time takes place in the subconscious mind, based on a time-scale that has been calibrated or adjusted to particular, often repeated experience or needs. steph (10: 17: 45):

T is for Time « An A-Z of ELT 2010