Fred D. Thompson, venturing into the treacherous political territory of changing Social Security, called yesterday for slowing the growth of benefits for future retirees by using a different yardstick on which to calculate the monthly payouts.
A8 Thompson on Social Security Fred D. Thompson, venturing into the treacherous political territory of changing Social Security, called for slowing the growth of benefits for future retirees by using a different yardstick on which to calculate the monthly payouts.
Sikkink shows that activists and scholars disagree about the efficacy of human rights because they use different yardsticks to measure progress.
If they endorse the standard, they should be prepared to defend their prescriptions by reference to it; if they reject it in favor of a different yardstick for moral decency or goodness, they should be prepared to make explicit and defend the rival standard.
Backing alternative energy, but using a different yardstick to measure progress.
"By any number of different yardsticks, African-Americans are being outperformed by their white classmates, as are Hispanic-Americans.
At one level, UConn has created an ideal world, distinct and equal, where men and women run neck and neck in a race of different yardsticks.
Next to self-reporting as such, the use of different "yardsticks" across programs and countries (anchoring), culture, or different programs having a different emphasis might result in bias [ 15, 25, 58].
Britain uses a different yardstick: that of "payments", referring to the money actually spent, which usually comes out lower.
