The original method presumed that the core vocabulary of a language is replaced at a constant ( or constant average ) rate across all languages and cultures, and can therefore be used to measure the passage of time.

Presence and passage detectors may be installed on the ramp to actuate and terminate the metering cycles, but the metering rate is based on average traffic conditions at a particular ramp at a particular time.

Aiming at a society that shall be " an average drawn upon zeroes ," he knows exactly why he corrupts Peter Keating, and explains his methods to the ruined young man in a passage that is a pyrotechnical display of the fascist mind at its best and its worst ; the use of the ideal of altruism to destroy personal integrity, the use of humor and tolerance to destroy all standards, the use of sacrifice to enslave.

Under the unwritten rules, the record is based on average speed rather than passage time because ships follow different routes.

The walls of this passage are made up of large stone slabs, twenty-two of which are on the west side and twenty-one on the east, which average out at 1. 5 metres in height ; several are decorated with carvings ( as well as graffiti from the period after the rediscovery ).

The passage is often regarded as presenting a significant chronological issue, as the surrounding context appears to constrain the events of the passage to happening within 22 years, and the context together with the passage itself requires the birth of the grandson of Judah and of his son's wife, and the birth of that son, to have happened within this time ( to be consistent, this requires an average of less than 8 years gap per generation ).

The C-text of Piers contains a passage in which Will describes himself as a ' loller ' or ' idler ' living in the Cornhill area of London, and refers directly to his wife and child: it also suggests that he was well above average height, and made a living reciting prayers for the dead.

The ILRG also has numerous other categories and ranks Suffolk University Law School as the 68th most selective law school, 45th for job placement before graduation, 78th for job placement after 9 months, 23rd for best bar passer rates among first time takers, 14th when ranking the school versus the state average for bar passage rates, 92nd for student to faculty ratio and 87th overall for student median LSAT / GPAs.

Based on a 2001-2007 six-year average, the California State bar passage rate for Stanford Law students was 88. 8 %.

The average school bar examination passage rate among those reporting was 91. 34 percent, which is 6. 80 percent higher than the state average.

The qualifying race must have been completed on the same boat as the one the sailor will race in the Vendée Globe ; or the competitor must complete an additional trans-oceanic observation passage, of not less than, at an average speed of at least 7 knots ( 13 km / h ), with his new boat.

The college has consistently surpassed the average National Passage Rate, and currently holds passage rates of 99 %, 98 %, and 97 % on Part I, Part II, and Part III respectively of the most recent National Board Examinations.

The five-year average bar exam passage rate is 96. 91 %.

The clippers took an average of 123 days to make their passage, so Chichester set himself the target of making the passage in 100 days.

Temperature control is a process in which change of temperature of a space ( and objects collectively there within ) is measured or otherwise detected, and the passage of heat energy into or out of the space is adjusted to achieve a desired average temperature.

The bar passage rate for the July 2006 exam was 92. 4 %, the highest of any law school in Tennessee and well over the state average of 79. 8 %.

A number of factors and statistics are compiled to produce these rankings each year, including academic reputation, the quality of the faculty ( usually measured by the quality of its publications ), the quality of the student body ( usually measured by average LSAT score and undergraduate GPA ), the number of volumes in the library, the earnings potential of graduates, bar passage rates, and job placement rates.

Moreover, Capital ’ s average Ohio bar passage rate for first time takers of exams administered from July 2007 through February 2012 was the second highest of Ohio's nine law schools.

Rhode Island's rate of $.07 per mile is considerably lower than reimburseable rates in the federal government and in industry nationally which approximate a $.09 per mile average.

Preliminary data from 1959 Eta give an average impact rate of Af for masses larger than Af for about 1000 events in a 22-day period ( LaGow and Alexander, 1960 ).

The average annual rate of 1,083,000 in the second half of the Sixties is still considerably below the annual rate of 1,525,000 in the three-year period from April 1947 to March 1950.

For the industry of this model, the effect of such public pressures in the past has been to hold the price well below the short-run profit-maximizing price ( given the wage rate and the level of GNP ), and even below the entry-limited price ( but not below average cost ).

The level of average cost ( equal to marginal cost ) is thus strictly a function of the wage rate.

From 1980 to 2000 their GDP grew at average rate of 10 and 6 percent respectively.

# VBR-Variable bit rate: an average or Sustainable Cell Rate ( SCR ) is specified, which can peak at a certain level, a PCR, for a maximum interval before being problematic.

By 1971, 12 percent of the total area of South Vietnam had been sprayed with defoliating chemicals, at an average concentration of 13 times the recommended USDA application rate for domestic use.

By 1971, 12 percent of the total area of South Vietnam had been sprayed with defoliating chemicals, at an average concentration of 13 times the recommended USDA application rate for domestic use.

Ajaigarh has an average literacy rate of 59 %, lower than the national average of 59. 5 %; with 61 % of the males and 39 % of females literate.

Ajmer district had an average literacy rate of 70. 46 percent, male literacy being 83. 93 % and female literacy 56. 42 %.

Native Americans however, have a significantly higher rate of alcoholism than average ; it is unclear why this is the case.

Since independence, Botswana has had the highest average economic growth rate in the world, averaging about 9 % per year from 1966 to 1999.

Successful foreign direct investment and successive governments have demonstrated a commitment to economic reforms and responsible fiscal planning have contributed greatly to the Bulgarian economy, with a historical growth rate average of 6 % a year.

This situation has often been used strategically by software vendors to force customers to purchase upgrades since, over time, the number of data files usable by an old version diminishes at a rate proportional to the number of other customers that have upgraded ( assuming that all customers generate files at the same the average rate.

One out of three people with bipolar disorder report past attempts of suicide or complete it, and the annual average suicide rate is 0. 4 %, which is 10 to 20 times that of the general population.

The average rate for a one room apartment was 602. 27 CHF ( US $ 480, £ 270, € 390 ), a two room apartment was about 846. 52 CHF ( US $ 680, £ 380, € 540 ), a three room apartment was about 1054. 14 CHF ( US $ 840, £ 470, € 670 ) and a six or more room apartment cost an average of 2185. 24 CHF ( US $ 1750, £ 980, € 1400 ).

Later, as the average energy per photon becomes roughly 10 eV and lower, matter dictates the rate of deceleration and the universe is said to be ' matter dominated '.

The average annual rate of population growth from 1978 to 1985 was 2. 3 % ( see table 2, Appendix A ).

The average growth rate of the industry for the 20 years between 1984 and 2004 was 42 % per year.

Under Jiang and Zhu's ten years of administration, the PRC's economic performance pulled an estimated 150 million peasants out of poverty and sustained an average annual gross domestic product growth rate of 11. 2 %.

Somewhat uneven in interest for an average reader, eight or ten of these are among the finest of their kind in literature.

Thoroughly modern in treatment, they are at the same time, full of simple sincerity which invariably characterizes genuine Negro folk-music and are by no means to be confused with the average ' Broadway Spirituals ' which depend for their racial flavor upon sundry allusions to the ' Amen Corner ', ' judgement Day, ' Gabriel's Horn, and a frustrated devil -- with a few random hallelujahs thrown in for good measure.

The average Democratic politician, especially in the country districts, is hungry for the spoils of office.

But for the average citizen, unfortunately, this is one of science's worst-marked channels, full of tricky currents and unknown depths.

Cars were operated in 1959 for an average $.027 per mile.

Of these states the average `` change-over '' point ( at which a car is substituted for allowances ) is 13,200 miles per year.

Such payments shall be made to small domestic producers of lead as long as the market price for common lead at New York, New York, as determined by the Secretary, is below 14-1/2 cents per pound, and such payments shall be 75 per centum of the difference between 14-1/2 cents per pound and the average market price for the month in which the sale occurred as determined by the Secretary.

Such payments shall be made to small domestic producers of zinc as long as the market price for prime western zinc at East Saint Louis, Illinois, as determined by the Secretary, is below 14-1/2 cents per pound, and such payments shall be 55 per centum of the difference between 14-1/2 cents per pound and the average market price for the month in which the sale occurred as determined by the Secretary.

Determine the average per capita income for the U. S. based on the last three years.

Determine for each State ( except the Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico, and, prior to 1962, Alaska and Hawaii ) that percentage which bears the same ratio to 50% as the particular State's average per capita income bears to the average per capita income of the U. S..

For each State ( except the Virgin Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and, prior to 1962, Alaska and Hawaii ), determine the average per capita income for the last three years.

Determine the average per capita income for the United States for the last three years.

Determine for each State ( except the Virgin Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and, prior to 1962, Alaska and Hawaii ), that percentage which bears the same ration to 40% as the particular State's average per capita income bears to the average per capita income of the United States.

-- After 52 rainless days, moisture finally came to Del Mar, resulting in but one workout during the week for most of the horses, and leaving us with less than half our total average rainfall during the season.

The average reader of this magazine owns more than one gun ( we ran a survey to find out ) but he's always on the lookout for new and better arms.

The minimum cost for an average one-story, 7-room house with basement, is likely to run $1500 above the cost of the heating alone.

The American Automobile Association, computing the cost for two people to vacation by automobile, comes up with an average daily expenditure figure of $29.

On this first venture the central storage is 20,000 gallons, in two tanks, or an average of 400 gallons for each of the 50 homes.

These units make it easy to load as much as 48,000 bd/ft ( say 120,000 lb in a 50' box car ) much more than the average for loose-loaded cars.