One of the features of those who believe BPA is very dangerous is a communicative approach that sensationalizes their findings, such as claiming that allowing your baby to drink out of a plastic bottle is equivalent to giving them a contraceptive pill, or that BPA is the biological equivalent of global warming.
The system evolved into a mandarinate that is equivalent to a modern technocracy.
Think of it this way: A meteorologist's job is equivalent to guessing when a flashmob is going to break out.
It says that if in this space any closed-curve object, such as a rubber band, can be shrunk to a point, then the space is topologically equivalent to a sphere.
Demonstrating the ability, and the inclination, to write well is a rough equivalent to showing up in a black Mercedes.
All told, kettlebells helped participants burn about 20 calories a minute, which is equivalent to running a six-minute mile.
For a taxpayer in the top federal bracket of 35%, a 3% dividend yield is equivalent to a 4% yield on a taxable bond.
That's because selling a credit swap is equivalent to buying the corporate bond on margin.
The total project - which is estimated will see about 30 million passengers a year passing through its doors - is the equivalent to completing a second Gatwick Airport, says Mr Wolstenholme.
And Mr. Chuang points out that the show is organized like a novel, in which each section is a chapter and each picture equivalent to a paragraph.
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For example, receiving a 50% matching contribution is the equivalent to earning a 50% rate of return instantly.
This time they did multiple clones of multiple people, and they did it at a ratio that is roughly equivalent to what it would take you to do in vitro fertilization, something a lot of people are familiar with.
Pairing a Cius with a docking station, Bluetooth keyboard and mouse and applications is equivalent to a virtual desktop, he contends.
If the foreign worker earned his or her degree outside the U.S., you will need to obtain a credentials evaluation stating that the foreign degree is the equivalent to one awarded by a U.S. college or university.
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For instance, requiring encryption software and hardware makers to hold a decoding key in "key escrow" is the equivalent of asking a bank to hold an extra set of safe-deposit-box keys.
The DP2 Merrill has a 30mm F2.8 lens, which is the equivalent to a 45mm lens on a 35mm SLR camera.
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In many cases all the manufacturer has to do is show that a device is reasonably safe and "substantially equivalent" to other legally marketed devices.
For example, if a web scraper checks a site for changes several thousand times per second, it is functionally equivalent to a denial of service attack.
Being able to find a business by name rather than having to look up its address is the physical-world equivalent of typing in a domain name versus having to remember an IP address.
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"Specifically, to reach annual radiation dose limits, a passenger would have to receive more than approximately 17, 000 screenings in a 12-month period, which is equivalent to approximately 47 screenings per day, 365 days per year, " the inspector general's office concluded in an executive summary.
Dujardin, with a pencil mustache, looks a little like John Gilbert, but his cavorting star is meant to be a Fairbanks equivalent.
The US Army-funded research seems promising but is obviously still in its infancy -- one of the designs the researchers demonstrated is half the size of a penny but pumps out 120dB of noise (about the same as a siren), while another bumped out over 135dB, (which is roughly equivalent to a jackhammer).
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Using financial penalties to coerce action is either the equivalent of a mandate or it is not, but the decision seems to take two opposite stances on this question.
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The results, which will be reported in a forthcoming issue of Functional Ecology, suggest that echelon swimming is the underwater equivalent to carrying a child.
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This is equivalent to a total drop in output, relative to potential, of 7%.
It is equivalent to a huge tax hike, greatly affecting those who least can afford it.
Dubbed "Parivartan, " which means "change" in Hindi, it is equivalent to a Coca-Cola-University-on-Wheels.
This is equivalent to a milestone Luxtera hit over four years ago, prior to entering full production with our technology.
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In the example above, 255 calories is equivalent to a half cup of Haagen-Daz vanilla ice cream or a hot dog.
If so, the fall in the euro over the past year is equivalent to a cut in interest rates of almost two percentage points.
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