Initial tests of the meter last year showed steep ratings declines for some radio stations that cater to minority groups and younger listeners.
Mr. Burch said initial tests of the power unit and other Hubble instruments suggested that all had come out of the operation unscathed.
Western experts estimated the yield as approximately one kiloton, much lower than the initial tests of the other nuclear powers.
What Torre also knew, but did not tell anyone, was that there had been some troublesome results in initial tests of his prostate, and that doctors had scheduled further examinations.
Initial tests of these new communication protocols will use portions of the spectrum known as 'white space' - gaps in the frequency band essentially.
Don Catlin, the former head of the U.C.L.A. antidoping lab who now runs his own antidoping research facility, said that initial tests of urine samples could produce negative results because none of the tests fail the screening for a high ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone.
Genetic ID of Fairfield, Iowa, the company that did the initial tests of the taco shells for the coalition of biotechnology critics, found about 1percentt of the StarLink corn, an amount on the borderline of what would require labeling in Europe.
Initial tests of Corexit, the oil dispersant that BP is using in the Gulf of Mexico, and of competing products, find that all available dispersants that could be used on the spill range from "practically nontoxic" to "slightly toxic," according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Officials at the city's Department of Environmental Protection said on Tuesday that initial tests of Hudson waters indicated that "the most likely cause behind the reddish hue is the significant storm-water runoff from upstate" as a result of the storm.
The initial tests of ads will be in search results and categories feeds.
Those initial tests of panels incorporating this wafer are under way, a company spokesperson confirmed.
