She is, Shields has said, "one of those women who erases herself, who somehow slips out of her own life," and although Shields's purpose in demonstrating this is essentially feminist, the novel is marked by a vast measure of empathy and humour.
And what flows from lecterns coast to coast is some of the most strenuous, creative optimism ever fashioned, as graduates are told not only that the cup is half full but also that the opportunity to replenish such a vast measure of missing liquid doesn't lurch into view too often.
Despite the recognized importance of riparian zones for ecological, economic and social reasons, and the vast amount of scientific literature exploring measures for their conservation, current management is still failing at enabling a proper ecological functioning of these areas.
This initiative will encourage and support scientists' efforts to develop creative new approaches for detecting, measuring, and analyzing a vast amount of biomedical information.
For this purpose, a vast amount of tools have been developed to measure quality of life.
Looking at the characteristics of the studies concerning the prevention category they are evaluating, it is obvious that the vast majority of studies (87%) evaluated measures of clinical prevention, and pharmacotherapy in particular (56%) (Table 2).
But with creditors insisting that loans are contingent on further reforms, and Athens forced to enact the vast majority of measures by November, time is of the essence.
For lack of even the simplest measures, vast numbers of urban and rural poor die each year of preventable and curable diseases, often associated with poor hygiene and sanitation, impure water supplies, malnutrition, vitamin deficiencies, and chronic preventable infections.
The study also establishes that the vast majority of measures highlighted in this review had not reportedly undergone any psychometric testing of reliability and validity.
Validation data were presented in support of the vast majority of measures (54/58), although this varied in quality in terms of sampling method, sample size and the level of statistical information reported.
