By all classic measures, there was not much instability to generate convective storms.
Despite all these measures, there was little sense that Russia was ready to change course.
By most measures, there was little difference between the groups in maternal or infant health.
As a consequence of new savings measures, there was no emergency crew cover at the height of the summer.
For the fluid intelligence measures, there was a synchrony effect, with better performance at times that matched individuals' preferences.
But for each of those measures there was someone, usually a Republican, who said it should not come up, at least not now.
In 2011, when George Papandreou's government in Greece proposed a referendum on austerity measures, there was panic in Brussels, but even there no one dared to directly prohibit it.
Although the Health Department collaborated with the legislature on legal and programmatic food access measures, there was limited engagement with elected representatives and the community on regulatory obesity prevention.
On other new measures, there was enthusiasm from some teachers' leaders for government plans to introduce a 30-month "improvement period" for heads who take on challenging schools, during which they they will not be inspected by Ofsted, to give them a proper chance to lift standards.
While as security measures there was always a limited amount of cash on the boat (never more than needed to be distributed each day) and the team wouldn't even know what city they'd visit the next day, it was a huge responsibility for a small, unarmed group.
