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balance and situation
Rather, such assignments are made, as they must be, on the basis of certain overall rules and standards, representing to some extent a statistical approach to the problem, taking into account for each situation some of the variables ( e.g., power and station separations ) and averaging out others in order to achieve the balance which must be struck between protection against destructive interference and the assignment of a number of stations large enough to afford optimum radio service to the Nation.
What most troubles me now is the instability of the balance, the extreme peril of the current situation, the appalling waste of the arms race ... Each of us has a responsibility to think about this in global terms, with tolerance, trust, and candor, free from ideological dogmatism, parochial interests, or national egotism.
The effect on the strategic situation in the Mediterranean was immediate, reversing the balance of the conflict and giving the British control at sea that they maintained for the remainder of the war.
The changes in economic situation also had the effect of altering the balance of availability and quality of musicians.
Asmara ’ s poor relations with neighboring countries have had a profoundly negative impact on the economy, one reason for the dire balance of payments situation.
Following table shows the balance of trade situation of Nepal
Paul Krugman discussed the balance sheet recession concept during 2010, agreeing with Koo's situation assessment and view that sustained deficit spending when faced with a balance sheet recession would be appropriate.
In such a situation it is also necessary to monitor current flow between parallel strings, as current may circulate between the strings to balance out the effects of weak cells, dead cells with high resistance, or shorted cells.
By-elections can also be important if a minority party needs to gain one or more seats in order to gain official party status or the balance of power in a minority or coalition situation.
Grandad ( Lennard Pearce ) 1981-1983 — Del and Rodney's elderly grandad was added to the cast to balance the three distinct generations, adding the voice of experience to the situation.
Rather than the subject being one-sided or biased towards one view-point, there is a strong balance of opinions in the film, with some interviewees who are happy with their living situation, some who are not, and some who have a neutral opinion.
A good pricing strategy would be the one which could balance between the price floor ( the price below which the organization ends up in losses ) and the price ceiling ( the price beyond which the organization experiences a no demand situation ).
" The whole is a masterly and comprehensive summary of the actual political situation and its exigencies ; while, when he treats such themes as liberty, or discusses the balance to be maintained between freedom and government in the constitution, he rises to the political idealism of Bolingbroke and Burke.
In this situation, the business must balance the cost of obtaining cash proceeds from a factor against the opportunity cost of the losing the Rate of Return it earns on investment within its business.
# Assessment: A person's financial situation is assessed by compiling simplified versions of financial statements including balance sheets and income statements.
Critics of Peters, however, claimed that New Zealand First merely wanted to leave National and Labour deadlocked, as it would be New Zealand First that held the balance of power in that situation.
Wynn once averred that if he was in a tight situation, with men in scoring position and the game in the balance, he would deck his own mother if she was the batter.
The only thing that kept the baseball situation in balance was that the new Browns of the American League generally fared equally poorly in the pennant races.
During the first two months of the siege, the situation was in balance.
The result may be a desire to make significant changes in core aspects of day-to-day life or situation, such as in career, work-life balance, marriage, romantic relationships, large expenditures, or physical appearance.
The forces are out of balance by definition ; if the two forces are equally strong, the situation is not interesting from a force-dynamic point of view.
The fighting that ensued was intense and the field force's situation was in the balance until the Afghan forces were successfully repulsed when the 3rd Goorkhas formed an infantry square.
Depending on the situation, a physician may closely monitor a patient's fluid intake and output on an outpatient basis, looking for increased discrepancy in fluid balance ( over 1 liter discrepancy is cause for concern ).

balance and Crawford
Crawford spent considerable time " tuning " the arrival of new units to balance the gameplay.

balance and rule
" Similarly a systematic and coherent explanation of balance of trade was made public through Thomas Mun's c1630 " England's treasure by forraign trade, or, The balance of our forraign trade is the rule of our treasure "
After the death of Charles XII in 1718, the system of absolute rule was largely blamed for the ruination of the realm in the Great Northern War, and the reaction tipped the balance of power to the other extreme end of the spectrum, ushering in the Age of Liberty.
To streamline the game and correct balance issues, Global 1940 was revised and a new rule set was released on the Axis & Allies forums in January 2011.
As a whole his rule, according to the politics of the nobility and his succession, might be called the start of the long period of balance between royal power and nobility which lasted until 1660.
He is also careful to balance the negative with the positive, for example, in the biography of Empress Dowager Lu which contains lurid accounts of her cruelty, he pointed out at the end that, whatever her personal life may have been, her rule brought peace and prosperity to the country.
A pattern day trader is subject to special rules, the main rule being that in order to engage in pattern day trading the trader must maintain an equity balance of at least $ 25, 000 in a margin account.
The pie rule, sometimes referred to as the swap rule, is a rule used to balance abstract strategy board games in which a first-move advantage has been demonstrated.
While sitcoms would occasionally balance their humor with more dramatic and humanistic moments, these remained the exception to the rule as the 1960s progressed.
She distanced the ONDP from former Premier Bob Rae, now interim leader of the federal Liberal Party of Canada, by pointing out that he is the exception to the rule of NDP Premiers in other provinces who have been able to balance provincial budgets.
In his February 25 speech ending the debate on the tariff, Clay captured the spirit of the voices for compromise by condemning Jackson's Proclamation to South Carolina as inflammatory, admitting the same problem with the Force Bill but indicating its necessity, and praising the Compromise Tariff as the final measure to restore balance, promote the rule of law, and avoid the " sacked cities ", " desolated fields ", and " smoking ruins " that he said would be the product of the failure to reach a final accord.
By 1667 when Sonin realized he hadn't long to live, attempted to restore some balance to the regency and also to neutralize Oboi's rapidly expanding power clique petitioned a request that the fourteen year old Emperor Kangxi assume personal rule ahead of schedule.
The Democratic party, which has stood by the Constitution and the rights of the South with such unflinching fidelity, would be stricken down in the few remaining States where it is yet in the ascendancy ; the balance of power would be lost ; and Black Republicans would rule this nation, or civil war and disunion would inevitably follow.
At least one textbook has attacked the paradox inherent in the tender rule — namely, if the borrower actually had enough cash to promptly pay the entire balance, they would have already paid it off and the lender would not be trying to foreclose upon them in the first place — but it continues to be the law in the aforementioned states.
After each new victory, more and more people were incorporated under Genghis Khan's rule, thus diversifying the societal balance of the tribe.
The tablets were created by Ao to sustain the balance of good and evil, law and chaos and contain the areas of which each of the gods of the Forgotten Realms rule over.
Gardeep also is unable to balance his ruthlessness with charm, and is even willing to defy the gods if it will seal his ambitions to rule.
As of yet, there's no single rule to explain this ability, but the presence of a mindbreaker favoring a member of the previously mentioned factions is often enough to tip the balance in a battle.
There is no rule governing the number of steps to be taken forward or back, the number of times to balance, or the number of turns to be made.
The rule comes from the logical conclusion that a fiduciary cannot make the principal's interests a top priority if he has two principals and their interests are diametrically opposed ; he must balance the interests, which is not acceptable to equity.
Heider also argued that the order people put on their perceptions followed the rule of psychological balance.
Historical instances of great unbalanced power, such as Louis XIV and Napoleon I ’ s rule of France or Adolph Hitler ’ s rule of Germany, saw aggressive and expansionist motives with aims to conquer and dominate, hence provoking the crucial need for balancing in an instance of a single dominant state in order to bring the international distribution of power into balance.

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