Ongoing method performance was assessed through the regular analysis of matrix spike samples (n=3), each consisting of a blank hand-wipe spiked with 20 ng of BDE 47, 85, 99, 100, 153, 154, 183 and 209 native compounds, and treated identically to the samples.
I watched as one top executive pontificated about the strategy to his tablemates … and then drew a total blank when handed the pen.
The culture secretary, Andy Burnham, this week imposed on British television a political version of Blue Peter bottle-bleaching and blanking hands.
After 15 minutes, Sophia and the others were handed blank sheets on which to unspool their short-term memory.
He looked blank; whoever had handed down this pearl had evidently not considered such an unlikely event.
Greece will not be handed a blank check.
The Pentagon can no longer be handed a blank check.
… I handed out blank tests and, in well-planned-out pairings, asked the students to re-take the tests as an open book exercise.
By comparison, those who create golf courses are handed a blank canvas, with instructions only to stick with 18 holes and keep par in the low 70s.
But any new facility should have multiple uses, and no potential user -- whether the Olympics or a sports franchise -- should be handed a blank check.
PAGE 4 ARCHITECT'S CANVAS OF GREEN Those who create golf courses are handed a blank canvas, with instructions only to stick with 18 holes and keep par in the low 70s.
