An English teacher had once struck him on the head with a dictionary, and a math teacher had splintered a yardstick on his desk.
Miles said they heard a sound next door that sounded like a yardstick slapping on a chalkboard.
Since the group had no experience, Mr. Perpich began by painting a yardstick on the wall so he could demonstrate the skill of exact measuring en masse.
Alan Bullock, one of Britain's foremost historians, whose early biography of Hitler became a scholarly yardstick on the subject, died on Monday in Oxfordshire, England.
A8 Thompson on Social Security Fred D. Thompson, venturing into the treacherous political territory of changing Social Security, called for slowing the growth of benefits for future retirees by using a different yardstick on which to calculate the monthly payouts.
Fred D. Thompson, venturing into the treacherous political territory of changing Social Security, called yesterday for slowing the growth of benefits for future retirees by using a different yardstick on which to calculate the monthly payouts.
Two years ago, then transport minister Norman Baker infuriated some train operators by trying to make the so-called "right-time" – punctuality as it appears on commuters' watches, expectations and real-life plans – the default measure of lateness, rather than the 5- or 10-minute relaxed "public performance measure", the yardstick on which reputation and commercial franchises are judged.
Balance the yardstick on the backs of two identical chairs so that the battery hangs freely between them and can swing without hitting anything.
Roosevelt had hoped to create other projects like the T.V.A., to establish yardstick pricing power on a national scale, but it proved to be a heavier logistical and political lift than he expected.
From the head to the feet your body should be in a straight line as if a yardstick were on top of you acting as a guide.
