Sentences with phrase «difficult test ever»
Andrei Linde, a cosmologist at Stanford University in California who developed one of the most theoretically successful models of inflation, agrees: «If these results are right, inflationary theory has passed its most difficult test ever.»
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Because they offer theorists many more variables to play with, such «dark sector» models can be reconciled to fit into the ever tighter straitjacket of facts placed on dark matter by new data — but the downside is that this sprawling flexibility makes them very difficult to conclusively test.
Drug testing has improved across the board, making it more difficult than ever to get away with cheating — which is why the Russians seemed to think they needed such a systemic, officially sanctioned cheating program.
The editorial authors suggest that while the existing test can likely be improved by emphasizing pre-analytical care of urine specimens, there may be limitations to urine testing of peptide hormones that will be difficult to ever overcome.
«Our system is being rendered less intelligent by the belief that «rigor» equates to ever more difficult tests,» warned NPE Treasurer Anthony Cody.
I don't know what teachers she is observing, but the teachers I see in the schools today are the best and brightest I've ever seen — and are doing heroic work in spite of the most difficult conditions we've ever faced as a profession: meager resources; dwindling budgetary support; a narrowing of the curriculum leading to cuts to music, art and PE; withering attacks from Rhee, Kopp, Gates and Duncan and friends; an obsession with standardized testing; and much more.
Producing enough grain to make it to the next harvest has tested farmers ever since agriculture began, but the challenge is deepening as new trends — falling water tables, plateauing grain yields, and rising temperatures — make it difficult to expand production fast enough.
It was also difficult to see how an implied term could ever satisfy the test of reasonableness established by reg 5 or how a term implied to give effect to the intentions of the parties could ever be unfair within reg 5.
During the programming and testing, the lawyers would typically continue to change the contract making it difficult to ever satisfactorily complete the initial implementation.