Roosevelt had hoped to create other projects like the T.V.A., to establish yardstick pricing power on a national scale, but it proved to be a heavier logistical and political lift than he expected.
One of his most valuable services to consumers was in establishing "yardsticks" for electric-power rates through federal and municipal power projects.
They consider specific, objectively defined work goals and establish the yardstick for measuring performance.
Mr. Lowery told Congressional officials that the information would be used to help establish a yardstick for the number of terrorism investigations and intelligence warrants that a field office could reasonably be expected to produce, the Congressional aide said.
However, two meetings in two successive days changed the way I viewed the boundaries between charity, business and social enterprise – and helped to establish this "uncomfortability" yardstick by which we now measure ourselves.
Data quality does not exist in a vacuum, a reviewer needs to know in what context a data set is to be used in order to establish a relevant yardstick for judging whether or not the data is acceptable.
The work undertaken by the Irish presidency has already established many of the yardsticks we need to follow.
Rwanda might or might not replicate itself in Sudan, but by measuring Sudan against the proverbial yardstick established by the events in Rwanda, the world powers are depreciating the extent of the annihilation taking place in Sudan, not to mention giving Khartoum more time and space to maneuver.
When every history class I ever took featured an endless list of battles won and lost by men, of political contests won and lost by men, of technological advances achieved by men, it's not surprising that the measure of significance seemed to be the yardstick established by men — almost exclusively white men.
First, it is necessary to establish a 'standard of need,' a yardstick for measuring who is eligible for public assistance.
