The task force hopes to reach a standard by March 2002.

CNN: 10-Gig Ethernet gets a voice

In addition to security and speed, SWIFT offers a standard interface to reach pretty much any bank in the world with a standard message format to provide completely automated processing of payments, straight-through processing (STP) in industry terminology.

FORBES: Corporate Treasurers Rule Their World, With Tech

"You've got to be of a very high technical standard to reach Arsene's first team, regardless of your nationality, " Liam Brady, who has been Arsenal's head of youth development since Wenger took over in 1996, told BBC Sport.

BBC: Jack Wilshere ready to shine for Arsenal and England

Standard setters hope to reach a definitive set of rules only by 2011.

ECONOMIST: European insurers

But just because judges now have a new standard by which to assess the claims of plaintiffs doesn't mean they will reach a different decision.

ECONOMIST: The Human Rights Act has not lived up to expectations. Good

The return from stocks and bonds will determine if 78 million baby boomers accumulate enough money to retire and if Generation X (born between 1965 and 1980) will reach a standard of living enjoyed by previous generations.

FORBES: The Next 10 Years

"It was standard procedure to reach above your head to the pot rack, grab a strainer and drop whatever you were working on through it, " he says.

WSJ: Just One Thing

Even the mighty New York City Ballet, whose 57-year-old production of "George Balanchine's The Nutcracker" is often held up as the ballet's gold standard, is experimenting with a way to stretch its "Nutcracker" dollars and reach a wider demographic.

WSJ: Nutcracker Inc.

To reach the standard of "one person, one room, " he says, there's still a long way to go.

WSJ: Outspoken Real-Estate Executive Makes Few Friends Among Public