"If it's any kind of measuring stick, that was certainly 100 percent better than we played against Buffalo."

Like past champions, they have become targets and measuring sticks.

Encourage your employees to take pride in their company's history and use those glories as measuring sticks for future achievements.

"Both games are measuring sticks for us," Chris Gatling said yesterday.

"Conviction," beginning tonight, focuses on only one, the district attorneys; their cases serve mostly as measuring sticks of each prosecutor's commitment and personal growth.

"That makes the hard-core players very important, not so much as role models but as measuring sticks for other players."

Mark McGwire wiped out those measuring sticks when he unleashed 70 home runs three years ago.

And setting targets and measuring sticks to evaluate projects would definitely increase efficiency if done properly.

The Red Wings have been the Western Conference measuring stick for roughly 15 years.

They were carrying spades and measuring sticks.