Hardly an inspiring way of choosing a candidate, but Republicans apparently like a known quantity.
G. was such a known quantity, how on Earth is someone going to fill those shoes?
By contrast, the PPI payments were, by the time of the Budget, very much a known quantity.
We put a known quantity up there, " says Kaufman, "to keep the emotions at a lower level.
Windows Phone 7 is a known quantity and requires a much lower specification of device to run.
He is at least a known quantity in a murky political landscape, but few Algerians are proud of their country's politics.
Now, he has the benefit and burden of being a known quantity.
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Mahathir, at the very least, is a known quantity - and far less of an Islamist (ever a worry in the island republic).
"I can't say it didn't help that I've been in the industry for however many years - I was a known quantity in that sense, " he says.
And how many people who were tempted by the Surface will look at all the fuss and simply go for a known quantity such as the iPad?
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Although Assad is a sworn enemy of Israel, he is also a known quantity, and his family has been careful to keep the border with Israel quiet for most of the past 40 years.
Of course, this is just another twist in the endless argument about Ion, but despite the denials, this isn't the first time we've heard whispers that Intel pretty much forces manufacturers to buy complete Atom chipsets -- the dearth of Ion-powered netbooks in the market is fairly suspicious considering the GeForce 9400M at the heart of the platform is a well-known quantity.
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The men were arrested during a holiday last July after police said they found a quantity of a synthetic cannabis known as "spice" in their car.
It has been known for years that in a range of animals from insects to birds the males increase the quality and quantity of the sperm they ejaculate when those sperm are likely to find themselves in competition with sperm from another male.
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