By which he means he's not sure the old economic yardsticks really measure the networked society.
In a welcome change, a rising tide on Wall Street lifted both old economy yardstick Dow Jones Industrial Average and new economy indicator Nasdaq Composite Index today.
Finally, in a back room, there was a vast and curious piece of furniture made from old sewing drawers, yardsticks and reclaimed wood, built by a friend to replace the massive rolling wire bookshelf filled with DVDs, photos and books that had been Mr. Wong's nemesis for the last few years.
He also collects yarn, vintage grease cans, 19th-century chiming clocks, yardsticks and old sewing drawers, which he accrues during episodic eBay forays (see "curious piece of furniture," above).
Mullen is twenty-four years old and six foot one, with yardstick-wide shoulders and close-cropped hair.
The other is the canonical Great American Songbook – which is not a book at all but a yardstick for old-fashioned, well crafted lyrics and melodies composed by the likes of Jerome Kern, Lorenz Hart and Johnny Mercer and sung by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Ella Fitzgerald.
Many compared Novak's appearance to other mature women who'd appeared on stage over the course of the evening, using her as a kind of yardstick for 'how not to get old.' "Look at Sally Field instead," some urged.
As decadent and dwindling as Old World culture might be, it was still the yardstick for aesthetic refinement and for the kind of social gentility and political prestige that came with it.
The technology yardstick rose 41.78 to 2085.66, beating its old high of 2050.42 from Dec. 9 with a wide margin.
