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This is a real eye-opener set of results. The last time the Arctic was significantly warmer than the present day, the Greenland Ice Sheet melted back the equivalent of two to three meters of sea level.

In Australia, I wrote lots of little plays and put them on, and then I worked on a few different TV shows, like the Australian equivalent of 'SNL.' I would write and perform all of my characters.

In layman's terms, it will cost up to $9 more (round trip) to change planes on American rather than fly United nonstop (assuming equivalent base fares).

I've found the state Board of Elections to be the legislative equivalent of the Adams Family. They are absolutely dysfunctional.

In America, the land of the permanent revolution, ulcers and cancer often become, for the men at the top, the contemporary equivalent of the guillotine.

If there's another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country.

In our high-tech era, deleting somebody from your cell phone book is the equivalent of throwing them out and shunning them.

In the end antiblack, antifemale, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing - antihumanism.

If you noticed our bench, we coaches weren't panicking. You're talking about a player who's the equivalent to Shaquille O'Neal as far as giving so much ... and their bodies sometimes break down. It was a scary situation, but I had a feeling she would be OK.

If you give a child -- a young baby -- one teaspoon of acetaminophen infant drops, you are giving them the equivalent of one Extra Strength Tylenol tablet.

I've had two unlucky injuries that are the equivalent of walking under 1,000 ladders and seeing 1,000 black cats.

I'm not saying writing comedy's brain surgery, but there is a certain pressure to it. It's the equivalent of doing homework that's going to end up on national television.

The celebrity equivalent of a professorial debate. Cooler heads will prevail. These are both pretty smart people who will bury the hatchet.

Taken as a package, this would be the functional equivalent of blanket immunity,

The Australian wine industry has been going through the industry equivalent of the perfect storm.

That is not something I would be in favor of. That would be the equivalent of some kind of windfall profits tax,

Nothing is more important than the quality of our teachers. The time has come to increase teacher compensation. I proposed a $2,500 tax credit, which, in after-tax dollars, would be the equivalent of a $3,500 raise in gross pay. This would close the two-thirds gap between the average teacher salary in Arizona and the national average .

'Dating Game' wasn't social commentary, political analysis, Shakespearean-level drama or even blunt-force comedy. It was just the televised equivalent of meeting someone at a bar. But it appealed to our most basic Darwinian instinct: selecting a good mate. You can't go wrong when a show's premise is hard-wired into human DNA.

Doing a talk show is the equivalent of the viewers inviting the hosts into their living rooms. I'd like to think that Middle America would enjoy having Kathie Lee and me drop by for a visit each weekday.

Evidence of this active cycle was demonstrated this year as the Atlantic Basin produced the equivalent of more than two entire hurricane seasons over the course of one.

Exercise is roughly equivalent to an oil lube and a filter for a car. You don't have to do it, but when you do, it makes the car run a lot better.

I want Omega Man to be the equivalent of any Caucasian superhero, like a Superman, Batman, a noble righteous character, ... That's what we're trying to do with Omega Man -- give you a symbol that is African-American but is 100 percent positive.

The joke is the comedy equivalent of jazz. It's raunchy, it's free of constraints, yet has a simple 'melody' to hold on to. It's about where you take it, not where it's going. If that is not a workable definition of art, I don't know what is.

The fast-growing sunspot now covers an area of the solar disk equivalent to the surface area of 13 planet Earths. That makes it the largest sunspot of the current solar cycle.

The fact that women are paid 73 cents on the dollar for work equivalent to work being done by men is unacceptable in America.

That's a sound level that's equivalent to the measures that are made at rock concerts. And it's enough to cause hearing loss after only about an hour and 15 minutes.

That's at least the equivalent of two major industries that are coming into this market. I don't know that there's a company I've visited that couldn't use more workers.

It's crazy. The sticker on your new player promises the equivalent of a high-performance car, but the fine print says you may be buying an Edsel instead.

They demonstrate that you can isolate the equivalent embryonic stem cells by alternative methods that may not raise the ethical questions,

It will take some time before a fully-fledged government, equivalent to that of a normal nation state, can be established ... The signs are, however, more hopeful than they were.

It will be the equivalent of having your priest or rabbi, your lawyer or your wife, testifying against you.

They are like a chimney going to the attic. Each chase way can be equivalent to an open window.

In this environment, we are aiming for dynamic sales growth that will translate into additional operating income and an operating margin equivalent to 2005, despite the additional negative impact from higher raw material costs.

Inter-railers are the ambulatory equivalent of Macdonald's, walking testimony to the erosion of French culture.

In terms of accessibility and reach, State Farm sees the NCAA tournament as the sports equivalent of its brand. With our 17,000 State Farm agents, we have the same significant accessibility and reach. This ad ties the business of insurance to the fun and fan excitement surrounding the tournament. It shows how we can help the customer get the coverage they need, with exceptional State Farm customer service, at a competitive price.

By applying this technique to the oil fields of Western Canada, we would see billions of additional barrels of oil and a reduction in Co2 emissions equivalent to pulling more than 200 million cars off the road for a year,

chefs with three Michelin stars were the culinary equivalent of the Beatles or Rolling Stones -- they were sorcerers.

I personally like it, ... I think our kids like it. I think it's the equivalent of Monday night football in the pros. You're the only game on or you're the most important game on TV.

The Voting Rights Act, whose 40th anniversary we celebrate this month, has helped minorities elect 81 sitting members of Congress and thousands of local officials. But the rally civil rights groups held in Atlanta earlier this month to push for extension of the act's key temporary provisions downplayed those gains and instead pushed wild claims that some state laws requiring an ID to vote are the functional equivalent of Jim Crow poll taxes,

These tapes can be the equivalent of a hand grenade with the pin pulled out. If the defense can convince jurors that the government has misled them by only presenting excerpts, then the government will be in deep trouble.

It's an end run around the voluntary bans that the networks respect. This will be the equivalent of a branded liquor bottle racing around the track.

It'll be an economic catalyst for this region. We're estimating 100 full-time equivalent on staff at a minimum.

In addition to that, Brian made a huge media tour there; he was on the equivalent of 'The Today Show,' 'The Tonight Show' and 'Oprah' almost every day. It was just one of those great moments I had never experienced before.

A relationship book I once read told women to use the word 'fun' whenever possible. The author claimed it had a subliminal aphrodisiac effect on men, who want a relaxed girl attached only to good times - the human equivalent of Diet Coke. This is not me.

All we've seen are demonstration games running on a box supposed to be the equivalent of the PS3. We really have no idea.

The fungus is knocking out species...It impedes the ability of their skin to absorb oxygen and just suffocates them. It's the equivalent of us ingesting a fungus that takes over our lungs,

The guys played well for Thomas. They were sad because they believed we could do better, but they did great. It would have been the equivalent of the 'Miracle on Ice' if we won this match.

the equivalent of someone standing on street corners, turning in jaywalkers, and then getting the fine money.

The fiscal and economic landscape is not at this point equivalent to what it was in 2001 and '02. And obviously, when you go into bargaining, you deal with what is, not with what used to be. The clubs have made a lot of comments in virtually all of our negotiations about distressed economic conditions. I will be very surprised if we hear very much of that this time.

The evidence is overwhelming that even simple changes can be a big help and have a huge cumulative impact. If every American switched just three light bulbs to compact fluorescent bulbs, it would be the equivalent of taking 3.5 million cars off the road. If everyone switched to a car with five miles-per-gallon better mileage, that would be equal to the taking another 150 million automobiles off the roads. Individual actions add up to big changes.

The first step is protection from doing things inadvertently or warning you about the level of impact it could have. Then, if you let something in, Defender is there to (warn you) and you can undo it. If the thing gets in and has really done some awful things, using the equivalent of System Restore in Windows XP you can back up time and undo it.

The code expiration is not the equivalent to an eviction, just the billing of the room.

The community center is a modern-day equivalent of the way the town square was 100 years ago. It will be a landmark that represents the community.

You could have backed England at the equivalent of 14-1 for the series at one stage during the Second Test, and more recently laid them at around 4-1 on.

You could probably say that it is equivalent to a detective looking for a thief ....You look for clues and you follow the clues, many of which are wrong.

This is my equivalent of children. These guys are holding it together.

This is a long way off, equivalent to two thirds of the distance from the Earth to the Moon.

And, of course, ... if we get the equivalent of J.D.'s actual production, well, we're kind of screwed. But, no matter what happens, it still can't possibly be as bad of a signing as Russ Ortiz .

And I think he wants another shot, because he was really disappointed that he was unable to play in the playoffs. We missed him tremendously. That's just like the Spurs losing Robert Horry. That's the equivalent to what Keith does for us.

These are markets where overreaction follows overreaction. It's manic or it's depressive. It never gets even. You have the equivalent of a Dow that moves 4,000 or 5,000 points in a month.

For everybody who does what I do, you hope you have life beyond network television, and DVD provides that. It's television's equivalent of immortality: You get to stay on retail shelves and in home libraries.

For an extra $100 million what are we going to get? The equivalent for four gem shows instead of one.

It's the great drama, the great unknowable of most of our lives, ... We don't all paddle up the Amazon in a canoe and get shot at, but we do the equivalent of that (in our relationships).

It's the digital equivalent of the corkboard on the door. It's the idea that you're constantly connected even if you're not at your computer.

It's the equivalent of a Disney Channel of broadband interactive content. It's become a good business for Disney. Our goal is to be as ubiquitous as the Disney Channel.

It's the equivalent of a hurricane slamming into the region and wiping out entire sugar crops year after year. The only difference is that you can recover from a hurricane.

It's the equivalent of being up in an airplane, looking at the city of Tampa, and telling you whether there is a penny there or not. And then once we zoom in, we can tell you what kind of penny it is.

It's the equivalent of hitting a home run in your first at-bat or throwing for a touchdown with your first pass. This race can instantly build momentum for your team.

It's the equivalent of putting on the brakes suddenly while driving uphill.

It's the equivalent of running a goal-line defense. It makes no sense at all.

It's the equivalent of throwing a 10-foot rope to someone in a 40-foot hole.

It's the fashion equivalent of a mullet. It's party on top, all business and practical on the bottom.

It's the virtual equivalent of knocking on doors and shaking hands.

It's kind of like the dance world's equivalent of the Olympics.

For him to say that is the equivalent of me saying Ronnie Musgrove helped hook our kids on crystal methamphetamine because he didn't oppose a 40-percent cut in the state Bureau of Narcotics drug enforcement budget,

A swimmer's mastery of breathing is the equivalent to one's understanding of their "Identity-Impression State

It's like having a second small fuel tank in your car. You fill it at home by plugging it into the socket at night - and it gives you transportation around town for the equivalent of less than $1 a gallon.

That's the equivalent of one Big Mac or one Happy Meal a month. That's a small price to pay to ensure that you have fundamental rights regarding your health care,

They are the literary equivalent of sequins on an evening dress.

You have an equivalent to random mutation, except it's better, ... It's directed mutation, people constantly trying to improve the software.

It is the equivalent of building the Panama Canal.

It is really disappointing and that fine is the equivalent of three weeks wages for our total squad.

It was the equivalent of Bill Gates saying,

This was the 19th Century equivalent of man landing on the moon.

It may be the technological equivalent to the shot heard 'round the world. If Massachusetts follows through with this plan, it will be a radical departure from how Microsoft and other businesses work with state governments.

There may be a little bit of finger-pointing - there always is in a situation like this - but I think of Ebola as an act of nature. It's the biological equivalent of a tsunami, and yes, we are having trouble handling it.

I believe deeply that jazz is still a very vital music that has much to say, not just to eggheads, or whatever the musical equivalent of an egghead is, but to ordinary people.

I continue to be amazed at the situational ethics, and that part of the culture of Oracle continues on. And the Chuck Phillips thing -- it's almost like the corporate equivalent of the Stockholm Syndrome.

If everything works out -- if IGF-2 status is tied to colon cancer risk in people and the blood test is workable -- then IGF-2 status could be the colon cancer equivalent of cholesterol levels as a risk factor for heart disease. We've never had a broad molecular screening tool like that for any cancer.

I'd photographed musicians before but this was different. Syd was very charismatic, and he had the aura of a poete maudit, which made him the perfect subject for me - I realised that rock n' rollers were the modern equivalent of all the poets I was so enamoured with.

I'd say they were really the equivalent of the Negro Leagues in baseball. They played that role in basketball, and I'd say they really haven't gotten the credit for that.

Colorado is losing the equivalent of five family farms every week. Loss of farm lands impacts the environment, the economy and the very landscapes that define us as a state.

For the Fed to hike rates now would be the equivalent of a doctor prematurely declaring a patient at full health, discharging them from the hospital and then forcing them to run a mile.

A movie star seemed simply like the nearest equivalent we've got, we who live blessedly free of a monarchy, to that sense of the human form exalted, the life made fabulous simply by who and what the person is.

The Internet threatens to give every child with access to an interactive computer a free pass into the equivalent of every adult bookstore and video outlet in the country.

The longtime standard for American TV was 525 lines from top to bottom of the image. As a practical matter, that was roughly equivalent to 350 thousand pixels - pretty crude, given that photos made with your iPhone boast five million pixels.

Man is not weak; knowledge is more than equivalent to force.

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many hours in front of boxes with fires glowing within. May they have the wisdom to know the difference between light and knowledge.

We hear every single day how terrible suicides are, automobile accidents are, how terrible cocaine and heroin are, murders, homicides, all of them. You put them all together, they don't come close to what this drug nicotine combined in tobacco does. Four hundred and forty thousand people a year, the equivalent of three 747s dropping out of the sky every single day of our lives. It's time we changed this folks,

Again, He that sells upon Credit, asks a Price for what he sells, equivalent to the Principal and Interest of his Money for the Time he is like to be kept out of it: therefore