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  • And that is just as bad, if not worse, then a well-measured slap on the rear.

    A Spanking A Day Keeps Failure Away? | Her Bad Mother 2010

  • His role is considerable and important but well-measured.

    Terrific cast and sharp screenplay set “Youth in Revolt” apart » Scene-Stealers 2010

  • Homicide is a "serious crime that many people are concerned with, it is well-measured, and it is to a large degree well-reported and -recorded," says Alfred Blumstein, a criminologist at Carnegie Mellon University.

    Fuzzy Facts Can Make Crime Rankings Suspect Carl Bialik 2012

  • The U.S. retailer acted swiftly and took "well-measured approaches" to fix the problems, said Huang Qifan , the mayor of Chongqing—one of China's largest cities—in an interview Friday.

    Chongqing Mayor Lauds Wal-Mart Effort on Pork Issue James T. Areddy 2011

  • “One notices that the supernotes always turn up in small, well-measured quantities, as though their volume were controlled.”

    North Korea and the Supernote Enigma : Coin Collecting News 2008

  • As always, it is thoughtful, well-measured, and, as a respected black writer poitics and people he dares discuss Obama and his “accomplishments” in the historic context which is how Obama envisions himself. iEqually interesting are the comments following the article, which reflect much of the anger I myself have felt, but surprised even me, in its fervor.

    Politics as sport: not all wins are wins 2010

  • We get to know little about his past and he doesn't show any signs of personal growth (since he is already a fully grown/developed adult), but he nevertheless displays incredible depth and complex personality which is revealed through well-timed and well-measured snippets of dialogue, through the way he looks at the world and through how he deals with situations.

    Andrzej Sapkowski - The Last Wish (Book Review) 2008

  • We get to know little about his past and he doesn't show any signs of personal growth (since he is already a fully grown/developed adult), but he nevertheless displays incredible depth and complex personality which is revealed through well-timed and well-measured snippets of dialogue, through the way he looks at the world and through how he deals with situations.

    Archive 2008-07-01 2008

  • Everyone has to take well-measured determined steps, whatever the costs, for mitigating carbon from the atmosphere – the root cause of global warming.

    Are the bells tolling for life on earth? 2009

  • Everyone has to take well-measured determined steps, whatever the costs, for mitigating carbon from the atmosphere – the root cause of global warming.

    Are the bells tolling for life on earth? 2009

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