In most walks of life, the disregard for personal safety or ignoring pain is your traditional barometer of bravery, like running into a burning building to save a puppy, or jumping on a land mine.
Results are the traditional barometer of managerial popularity and Pardew will need them quickly - but he will surely feel a burden has been lifted by doing his job in an atmosphere of support and affection from a fanbase that was never afforded him at Newcastle.
And the prices of commodities such as oil and copper, traditional barometers of the pace of global growth, are going sideways.
His dominance transcended traditional barometers of quarterback play, as his most impressive statistics were that the Oregon's offense had no turnovers and committed only one penalty, for 5 yards.
They are 61/2 games out of the division lead, same as they were when they awoke on Memorial Day, the traditional baseball barometer.
Traditional instrumentation (such as thermometers, barometers, and rain gauges), however, is also used to collect weather data in the vicinity of each office.
Proponents of the technique, however, say neuromarketing is simply a more accurate barometer of consumer response than traditional focus groups.
If Twitter is today's barometer of public buzz, then Bolt has surpassed David Beckham, that traditional benchmark of sporting celebrity, as the global face of the Games.
Equipped with Casio's traditional Pathfinder triple sensor technology, the PAW5000-1 includes a digital compass, altimeter, barometer and thermometer, making this the all-in-one tool necessary for high energy, rugged, outdoor adventures.
Older barometers have very artistically drawn backgrounds on the dial indicating strong winds, storms, sunny weather, etc., and they are nicely decorative but misleading nonetheless for it is the movement of the barometer needle (or the meniscus if you happen to have a very traditional old mercury tube type barometer), that has far more bearing on the coming weather.
It's a solid barometer for the automaker as its designers, engineers, and the bean counters are freed from the traditional boundaries.
