Business should use science to set benchmarks for their environmental initiatives as well.
Mr. Levin, who was part of a bipartisan group that pressed Mr. Bush to set benchmarks for Iraq two years ago, embraced the idea of doing the same again for Afghanistan.
That is why, since 2002, policymakers have set benchmarks for the number of students from state schools and working-class backgrounds that institutions should recruit.
Washington, Brussels and the IMF could set benchmarks for the disbursement of the aid, pegged to democratic reform being implemented in Egypt.
But in the rush to privatise, they had neither the time nor the data to set benchmarks for every scheduled train.
He has set benchmarks for each of them, asking them to prove they could build support among crucial demographic groups, like Hispanic voters in Upper Manhattan.
WASHINGTON — President Obama plans to further bolster American forces in Afghanistan and for the first time set benchmarks for progress in fighting Al Qaeda and the Taliban there and in Pakistan, officials said Thursday.
To do so, he said he would increase aid to Pakistan and would, for the first time, set benchmarks for progress in fighting Al Qaeda and the Taliban in both countries.
The Obama administration gave Fiat a 20 percent stake in Chrysler in exchange for providing new technology to the company, and set benchmarks for it to increase its ownership position.
Do officials from State set benchmarks for cooperation on important issues, and then, if enough checks show up on the checklist, head over to Treasury and say, "Listen, guys, hold off on the currency report"?
His insights and fearless approach to daunting problems set benchmarks for decades to come.
