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"litmus test" Definitions
  1. (also acid test) a way of deciding whether something is successful or true
  2. a test using litmus

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Litmus test Many view these elections as a litmus test for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP government.
A litmus test for LGBT equality Same-sex marriage is often regarded as a litmus test for LGBT equality, an important step in fighting discrimination against LGBT families.
Dems can break with litmus test and win Democrats are facing an internal debate that has roiled the party since last year: a litmus test that candidates must support abortion rights.
"I think the expansion to 11 [Supreme Court justices] should be a litmus test and I think the other litmus test should be a full and complete FBI investigation," Avenatti told the outlet.
Now, same analysts say land reform is Ramaphosa's litmus test.
But, according to Nick, Travis hasn't passed that litmus test.
This vote will be a litmus test of shutdown negotiations.
Forgoing donations from corporate PACs is progressives' new litmus test.
It's becoming a de facto litmus test in Bannon's recruitment.
Swanson is the perfect litmus test for the knockout artist.
It felt a bit like "a litmus test," she said.
Cassidy suggested a new litmus test for a Senate bill.
"The litmus test will be in the revenues," he said.
He delivered this week, revealing a litmus test for Democrats.
"There's a litmus test at this point," Mr. Kim said.
Yeah, if you're an entrepreneur, here's a great litmus test.
But no litmus test, many of them would be good.
At the very least, it would be a fascinating litmus test.
"It's a litmus test now," one conservative strategist told BuzzFeed News.
Another sign of pragmatism is a scarcity of litmus-test issues.
And it was a litmus test for many of his supporters.
What better litmus test than Christmas, with its many national variations?
DICKERSON: Bernie Sanders has said he would have a litmus test.
"I don't see this as a loyalty litmus test," Tuohey added.
The Hill: Court packing becomes new litmus test on the left.
Amid so much more, Memphis gets a litmus test against Oregon.
"There is not a litmus test for Democratic candidates," Luján said.
We don't test candidates by ideology or use a litmus test.
"Litmus test" questions, if discovered, can and should doom a candidacy.
And a litmus test like this might address concerns about messaging.
Otherwise, this is truly a litmus test for the Trump administration.
They see Sidama as a litmus test of the government's sincerity.
That litmus test did not appear to sit well with Podesta.
"I now use him as a litmus test," Ms. Paget said.
"There is not a litmus test for Democratic candidates," he said.
Likability, too, is a litmus test that's predominantly applied to women.
The DREAM Act of 2017 should be our ethical litmus test.
Instead, their views are largely a litmus test for their politics.
But the litmus test is the overall impact, including improved growth.
The sisters consider it a litmus test for a successful partnership.
That wasn't a swing state hot issue or a litmus test.
Mr. Trump shrugged off the need to meet a conservative litmus test.
That's the litmus test for gadgets: Will it work in the bathroom?
"It'll be an interesting litmus test of the market," one banker said.
For many young voters, LGBT rights are "litmus test issues," she said.
"Next week will be a litmus test for the constitution," said Mutiga.
Saving lives should be an American priority, not a partisan litmus test.
"The CSSR will be an important litmus test for this administration's approach."
It's another litmus test to use before you buy your next stock.
A lot of the experts looked at Ohio as a litmus test.
"I can only conclude that you met the president's litmus test," Sen.
Overall, a strong majority of Democrats oppose an exclusive abortion litmus test.
This will be the litmus test for others to follow in August.
Clearly, he must believe Brett Kavanaugh lives up to his litmus test.
He doesn't meet the standards of his own "good judgment" litmus test.
To patients, it is a prime litmus test of person-centered care.
When ideology becomes the litmus test, we're on the road to Pravda.
An earlier version of this briefing referred incorrectly to a litmus test.
Meanwhile, the Korean crisis is a litmus test of American-Chinese relations.
Whether they move could be a litmus test for Russia's Olympic hopes.
Otherwise, this is -- this is truly a litmus test for the Trump administration.
It could become a major litmus test for the 2020 Democratic presidential primary.
The match serves as a litmus test for the progress of machine learning.
Since when did anti-Semitism stop being a litmus test in this country?
For decades, ethanol has been a true litmus test in the Hawkeye State.
Sanders has effectively made Medicare-for-all a litmus test for presidential candidates.
If they can have a litmus test for a nominee, what about you?
Go deeper: Lyft files first for IPO in litmus test for the industry
But would she demand a litmus test from potential nominees on the issue?
That that is the litmus test to who's doing fearless journalism or not.
Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers is a good litmus test for someone like GIRLI.
We don't have a litmus test in this country that's based on religion.
"The speaker has her line and her litmus test," she told VICE News.
A march called for Friday will be a litmus test for Guaido's support.
Hill is in favor of Medicare-for-all, a key progressive litmus test.
I suppose the ending you imagine is a litmus test for your character.
Personality-wise, he falls somewhere around Eleanor's spot on the human litmus test.
The issue looks certain to become a litmus test for future presidential candidates.
Its performance can be used as a litmus test for investors' risk appetite.
Friday will be a litmus test of how strong anti-government sentiment remains.
Cornbread dressing is a litmus test on class, race, regional loyalties and grandmothers.
" Sharp added, "It also failed the basic Washington litmus test of self-preservation.
"I do thank him for that litmus test," he said, according to IndieWire.
Christmas is always a litmus test for how we feel about buying stuff.
In 2016, gun violence prevention will be a litmus test for Democrats. 2.
The issue has emerged as a litmus test for the party's 2020 nominations.
But they are now viewing how McCarthy treats Jordan as a litmus test.
Each question is a litmus test revealing both our wisdom and our insecurities.
The gun lobby score is a litmus test with zero margin for error.
Do you take people's reactions to statements like this as a litmus test?
For many progressives, each of these issues has become a moral litmus test.
There are some voters for whom there are red line litmus test issues.
The Ohio trial is considered a powerful litmus test for all the parties.
"There is not a litmus test for Democratic candidates," Luján told The Hill.
The Dreamers pose a litmus test for the conscience of the Republican Party.
"  "Do I think it will be a litmus test for Democratic primary voters?
So the second trial has become a litmus test of the movement's impact.
As a result, Gucci has become a litmus test for your own tackiness.
Republicans' position on Trump has become a litmus test in contested primaries. Sen.
"Pro-life Democrats must stand up against party's abortion litmus test" https://t.
He also added a litmus test, vowing to only appoint "pro-life" justices.
"There is not a litmus test for Democratic candidates," Luján told The Hill.
The truth is, despite DAGA's litmus test, abortion is not a partisan issue.
The seats we flipped were with problem solvers, not with litmus test ideologues.
Since then, the concept has become a kind of litmus test for liberals.
The ultimate litmus test for a causal effect in psychology is an experiment.
The Green New Deal is now a litmus test for progressive leadership in 2019.
Bye.' But a relationship expectation litmus test would be a fascinating thing to try.
"I don't think it's a litmus test," Pelosi told reporters in her office Tuesday.
Unstinting devotion to the First Amendment is a longstanding litmus test for media organizations.
"The challenge acted as a litmus test for game development," he told me recently.
Harker is aware there exists no simple litmus test that distinguishes science from pseudoscience.
The candidates of the Great Slate are progressive, but there's no ideological litmus test.
Montana's contest is being similarly interpreted as a litmus test of Mr Trump's unpopularity.
The data is considered a litmus test of the strength of the U.S. economy.
That's the litmus test for working for us—it's a very time-consuming process.
Given previous failed experiments with outsiders, the company's experience will be a litmus test.
That's very close to the picking four out of four litmus test proposed above.
He has a litmus test for his Supreme Court nominee: end Roe v. Wade.
"The litmus test is whether you want to be for working people," he said.
The question is whether impeachment becomes a litmus test for which candidates he endorses.
The allegations against him seemed like a litmus test for Democrats at the time.
Why it matters: A partisan litmus test for security clearances is unnecessary and inappropriate.
Washington state will be a major litmus test for Bernie Sanders's candidacy this week.
We are again experiencing the litmus test of "Americanness" rooted in whiteness and capitalism.
We wanted to use digital as the litmus test for what you should print.
It's one of the most polarizing issues in America, and a political litmus test.
But in the years since, abortion has become nothing less than a litmus test.
For months, they have promoted these elections as a litmus test of their popularity.
Its forthcoming HomePod, a competitor to the Amazon Echo, will be a litmus test.
"What this provides is a litmus test," said Ivo Mulder, economics advisor at UNEP.
My litmus test for any breakfast joint is french toast and they nail it.
Indeed, the famously dense 1996 novel has become something of a literary litmus test.
The proposal is quickly becoming a litmus test for top Democrats in the party.
What do you think about the private-public litmus test as I've framed it?
"Well, the litmus test should be intelligence, caring about, as Harry Truman or Roosevelt used to call it, the common man," Brown told NBC's "Meet the Press" when asked by host Chuck Todd if abortion should be the litmus test for his party.
Photo: GettyIf teens are the litmus test for what's cool, Facebook is hurdling into mediocrity.
Richards called the upcoming IPO a great "litmus test" for the rest of Silicon Valley.
Do you think legalizing marijuana should be a defining or litmus test issue for Democrats?
Securing a Nardwuar interview is a pretty good litmus test for how famous you are.
Both said they did not want to put forward a litmus test for potential judges.
The litmus test for assets will be whether credit rating agencies decide to downgrade debt.
Your tolerance for / interest in previous Harry Potter movies is an obvious litmus test here.
Falling Treasury yields are a litmus test for pessimism, and there's plenty of that around.
She saw the bathroom access protections as Trump's "first big litmus test" on LGBTQ rights.
For many, I'm guessing that the ultimate litmus test of their convictions will be money.
Support for Fight for $103 has practically become a litmus test for aspiring Democratic politicians.
What's a hot-button litmus test issue among progressives trying to take out moderate incumbents?
Or, the key litmus test: Would readers be agitated to discover that changes were made?
Whether to support impeaching Trump  Biden will face an early litmus test on impeachment. Sen.
The Yankees have moved on from Chapman, who was their carnival act and litmus test.
Support for ending the ban has become a litmus test for 2020 Democratic presidential candidates.
But other Democrats say the party should not have a litmus test on the issue.
Herrine: I learned from Joe and Sydney that this methodology is called a litmus test.
If villains are a litmus test for our collective mental state, the prognosis isn't good.
And he promised to use it as a litmus test for entrance to this country.
DuVernay's latest TV project is a good litmus test for what the DuVernay test requires.
Consistency with those values is the only litmus test that ought to matter to us.
Abortion is one of the most polarizing issues in America, and a political litmus test.
As you may remember from chemistry class, a litmus test determines a solution's relative acidity.
This follows the pledge in the earlier debate to impose a litmus test on nominees.
There should not be a purity test or a litmus test for the Democratic Party.
Some even want to make support for single-payer a litmus test for Democratic candidates.
"The presence of Jews served as a litmus test for the new democracies," he said.
Luján has previously said there will be no litmus test on abortion for 2018 candidates.
But it does at least seem plausible that the ethanol litmus test is broken for good.
You are still asking me to be the first one, the test dummy, the litmus test.
Being cis-passing shouldn't be the litmus test for who is "man enough" to attend Morehouse.
Even if the president never even asked them what the litmus test, that&aposs the idea.
Still, Auriemma bristled at the suggestion that this game was "a litmus test" for his team.
And abortion hasn't been used as the silent litmus test of how candidates feel about women.
What Smith is able to accomplish with it will be a litmus test for his career.
The listing is a litmus test for Southeast Asia's growing technology space where exits are rare.
The critical overhaul is seen as a litmus test of the government's ability to implement reform.
The issue is poised to become a major litmus test for its presidential candidates in 2020.
That's my litmus test on whether I'm extending myself too much or spreading myself too thin.
Yet Steyer's impeachment litmus test isn't being received well by some Democrats on the campaign trail.
BAIER: So, you don&apost think there will be this progressive litmus test in your party?
"That personally was my litmus test because, I thought to myself, that's really remarkable," Gardner said.
In other words, defenders might argue, it's a sort of litmus test for empathy in romance.
The onetime insurgent has made allegiance to his leadership a litmus test in many Republican races.
That means learning how to accept candidates whose positions might not pass one's own litmus test.
They have a clear litmus test for any politician seeking their support: opposition to affirmative action.
The Yankees are sure the new-and-improved Paxton has passed every litmus test since August.
But no single race is a litmus test for whether the Democrats can retake the House.
The issue is a litmus test for a truly progressive candidate — and Bloomberg does not pass.
"There is not a litmus test for Democratic candidates," said Luján, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman.
The Roe ruling will be a crucial litmus test for whomever Trump nominates for the seat.
As I consult various people on whether to sell the car, it becomes a litmus test.
Free college, which Sanders floated in 20203, has become a litmus test; and this week, Sen.
"Anyone who pimps himself out to the M.E.K. fails the litmus test for integrity," he said.
Approval of such a system has become almost a litmus test for the party's progressive base.
But in the heated real estate market of 2019, it became a litmus test of values.
I don't think that should be the litmus test for whether we're firm in our resolve.
Genetically programmed to make fun of me whenever possible, he's a litmus test for how I look.
Citigroup also passed its 213 stress test, which was considered a litmus test for Mr. Corbat's leadership.
While sexuality wasn't a litmus test for the bookings, it was an excellent bonus for their brand.
Mr Leader says that the "best litmus test for regional in-flight entertainment practices" is local television.
Our litmus test is simple: does a candidate side with the public or with the gun lobby?
The Sanders bill has become a litmus test of sorts for progressive Democrats in the presidential race.
Ahead of the mid-terms, fealty to the idea has become a litmus test for progressive voters.
Investors see the case as a litmus test of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's commitment to reforms.
The question was designed as yet another progressive policy litmus test, and that puts him and Sen.
Why it matters: Personal financial disclosures could become a litmus test among Democratic candidates in 2020. Sen.
Should support of abortion rights be the litmus test for candidates, especially heading into the presidential race?
The meeting could be a litmus test of how the dynamic between Trump, Netanyahu and Abbas develops.
There's basically a litmus test that you can apply to see whether this is a serious thing.
AT&T's bid for Time Warner was a litmus test for others who are also eyeing deals.
The $70 level "could prove to be the real litmus test for this current rally," he added.
Their inquiries are not meant to ferret out particular religious convictions as a sort of litmus test.
This form of tribalism seeks to reify group membership through a litmus test predicated on authentic experiences.
On the other side, though more commendable, you have Medicare for All emerging as a litmus test.
Democrats demanding an ideological litmus test for candidates and cheering for brutal primaries are Republicans' best friends.
I've found it a good litmus test: Whatever I assume the horoscope is about requires further reflection.
Britain's departure from the European Union would be a litmus test for cooperation between regulators, he stressed.
For many Mexico observers, these questions have become the most important litmus test of AMLO's early presidency.
As it happens, Davos might serve a real purpose in the end -- providing an instructive litmus test.
The abolition of ICE, an issue that Ocasio-Cortez supports, has become a new Democratic litmus test.
And they have a clear litmus test for any politician seeking their support: opposition to affirmative action.
As you may remember from chemistry class in school, a litmus test determines a solution's relative acidity.
Thursday night's game in Denver, though, also served as a perfect litmus test for the defending champions.
If she establishes an anti-vax litmus test for her bridesmaids, simply pass politely on the opportunity.
He said the House will be a litmus test for how much bipartisan support the measure has.
All this adds up to something of a litmus test for President Trump and his unconventional approach.
The annual gathering is seen as a litmus test, suggesting where contemporary Western art music is headed.
"The tax reform is an important litmus test; however there are still many challenges ahead," she wrote.
"Leslie is a pretty good litmus test for what America will think is funny," Zamata told me.
In this auteurist era of television, the likability question has become a litmus test for enlightened viewing.
Others said they saw peril in making support for abortion access a litmus test for Democratic candidates.
The liberal icon insists it's not a litmus test for the Democrats, but he's actively seeking endorsements.
Rejecting corporate PAC money has become a litmus test for Democratic candidates running for President in 2020.
" In the past, it's been kind of this litmus test around, "Do you support reparations or not?
LGBTQ rights groups didn't like DOMA one bit, but it wasn't a litmus test at the time.
U.S. foreign policy should have only one litmus test: does the policy make the United States safer?
There is no one litmus test for political legitimacy, which can come from a few different sources.
Chileans of all kinds see the way the pope addresses the Karadima case as a litmus test.
If this Twitter thread is the litmus test you needed before submitting your application, so be it.
Is there a religious litmus test that that they&aposll try to put in front of this nominee?
"I'm confident that this survey will not be a litmus test for us," Roth wrote in the email.
TFW the title of a science paper you co-wrote becomes a litmus test for understanding climate change.
A litmus test for Europe is around the corner in Italy's referendum on constitutional change on Dec. 4.
" Michael Gomez, head of emerging markets at Pimco, sees the energy sector as Mr. López Obrador's "litmus test.
That's why, ahead, we've got a litmus test of sorts for the Kardashian-ness of your style obsession.
Richards said Naftogaz's reorganization is likely to serve as a litmus test for reform of other state enterprises.
A more skeptical operative said the party's 2020 primary could be "a suicidal litmus test" on single-payer.
There will be no abortion "litmus test" in the Democrats' drive to win back the House, he said.
Physical metal premiums should be the real litmus test as to when concentrates shortfall translates into metal shortfall.
" She added that the party's base "is not really imposing a litmus test as far as I've seen.
Progressives are likely to make the Feinstein–de León race into a litmus test, as well they should.
Wade, the landmark ruling that legalized abortion, is the only litmus test he has for Supreme Court nominees.
The No Fossil Fuel Money pledge has long been the climate activist community's litmus test for political candidates.
If ever there were a litmus test about whether a politician supports ObamaCare, the Cruz amendment is it.
Because Bonds is a living, breathing litmus test for how you feel about Major League Baseball's steroids era.
The backdrop: On the campaign trail, Trump suggested he would use Roe as a litmus test for nominees.
"This has become a litmus test issue for leadership in the Democratic Party," he told Politico's Glenn Thrush.
The case is considered a litmus test of how the U.S. government will police the country's tech giants.
To ultimately be on the wrong side after that litmus test could prove dangerous in a nomination fight.
Of all the scheduled performances, his was the only one required to meet the anti-Israel litmus test.
I wonder if the organizers realize that many of the early suffragists would have failed this litmus test.
Price stability, regardless of how it is measured and defined, is the ultimate litmus test of monetary policy.
This is the simple litmus test for whether or not you have a bad roommate on your hands.
But rejecting big money in politics increasingly has become a litmus test for progressives in the Democratic Party.
The awards recognize both television and film, and are seen as an early litmus test for Oscar contenders.
"I have said over and over again that I do have a litmus test for a Supreme Court justice and that litmus test is that justice must be loud and clear in telling us that he or she will vote to overturn the disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision," he said.
The case was seen as a litmus test for press freedom and democratic rights in the Southeast Asian country.
India faces national elections in 2019 and the Karnataka election was seen as a litmus test for Modi's party.
Those students had also shown their work, defeating the traditional litmus test for sussing out cheating in STEM classrooms.
Sanford blamed his defeat on Trump, saying support for the president is becoming a litmus test in GOP primaries.
Florida's tight races for governor and Senate would be a "litmus test" for the nation, he told BuzzFeed News.
That angered many progressives who consider support for a single, government-run system to be a Democratic litmus test.
It was framed as a litmus test of "true conservatism" that would become standard in the years to come.
Comic-Con cosplay always serves as a litmus test to show which characters are resonating in the popular consciousness.
And Steve Bannon today is calling that a litmus test for the support that he had in the campaign.
Personally, I'm treating the fingerprint sensor as a litmus test for Apple's ability to innovate in a meaningful way.
A basic litmus test might be: How comfortable would you be explaining exactly how you know about the comments?
The EU's future role in Syria will be a litmus test of a genuine common foreign and security policy.
With that in mind, we propose a litmus test for Mr Trump's regulatory overhaul: his approach to antitrust policy.
Ronald Wright credited Haber with "setting what should be considered a litmus test" for dealing with similar police shootings.
I think that is a very key litmus test that we saw coming out of the results last night.
QUESTION: I'm wondering beyond abortion are there any issues on which you would impose or assert a litmus test.
Over the past 14 years, Love Actually has morphed from an innocuous Christmas movie into a personality litmus test.
The Green New Deal is seen as a litmus test for Democrat candidates hoping to win the progressive base.
"Abolish ICE" became the new liberal rallying cry, bordering on a litmus test for Democrats with presidential ambitions. Sens.
Although the election for the Moscow city parliament is a local one, Sobol believes it is a litmus test.
Such a belief cannot be, and frankly has never been, the litmus test for policy in the Republican Party.
But this versatility of the insula carries a danger: The temptation to use moral disgust as a litmus test.
DNC Chairman Tom Perez has sent conflicting messages about a potential litmus test on abortion rights in recent months.
Any questioning of this president's activities has become a litmus test for how loyal you are as a Republican.
"I would use that as a litmus test, it's so easy," said Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council.
That one tweet has been made the litmus test of my reputation over almost two decades of public service.
The Moon landing and the September 11 terror attacks were the litmus test of "globeheads" who could be converted.
A good litmus test is to ask if your company's product or service closes an opportunity gap in society.
Jimmy believes his shop's sales serve as a litmus test to gauge the level of tension in the city.
In the end, the litmus test isn't really about abortion, it's about whether Democrats value, respect and trust women.
" Their initial get-together took place at a Manhattan restaurant, where Mr. Kedem began "my own little litmus test.
"It is a litmus test for our endorsement," said Bonnie Castillo, the executive director of the California Nurses Association.
Yet at the same time, personal loyalty to the president is increasingly the most crucial litmus test for Republicans.
That result has become a litmus test for string theory and other pretenders to a theory of quantum gravity.
For decades, the litmus test of consumer harm in antitrust had been high prices charged by a dominant company.
The investigation is seen as a litmus test of the government's ability to protect consumers in the digital age.
"When anybody talks about a so-called litmus test for candidates, that upsets me," Representative Cheri Bustos told me.
This type of abortion litmus test is no better than telling pro-lifers they do not belong at all.
Super PACs can raise and spend unlimited money, but big money has become a litmus test in Democratic politics.
Whenever we humans over-institutionalize our faith, love of neighbor gets buried in a pile of litmus-test jargon.
It was another for Warren, who could be taken apart with accusations of hypocrisy, to demand a litmus test.
Jay Inslee have already disclosed their personal tax returns in what could become a litmus test for Democratic candidates.
So, every political move they make must first pass this litmus test: Does this contemplated action sufficiently resist Trump?
This is the true importance of the Green New Deal, which is becoming the litmus test of progressive seriousness.
There's a good litmus test when I bring a guest in, sort of who is excited about that guest.
After Albinson met Slotkin, he subjected her to a litmus test: she had to visit his father-in-law.
Wade litmus test won praise on Twitter from Ilyse Hogue, president of the abortion rights group NARAL Pro-Choice America.
What better litmus test whether critter cuisine could ever enter the mainstream, than testing it out on Toronto's unwashed masses?
He cited his litmus test for policy -- whether it will take more "bad guys" off the field than it adds.
The reopening of Chinese stock markets on Friday after a week-long hiatus will give them their first litmus test.
Despite Steyer's efforts on impeachment, he said there would be "no specific litmus test" for a candidate endorsement by NextGen.
He's not on the bill for debt-free college, which will become a litmus test for 2020 Democrats among progressives.
In fairness to the Warriors, perhaps going up against the Clippers in their season opener was an unfair litmus test.
It's worth noting that any choice of litmus test for inclusion in the circle is, to some degree, culturally determined.
It also serves as a litmus test for how one feels about systemic injustice and the US's prison-industrial complex.
Privatisation of the flour milling sector is seen as a litmus test for other large state asset sales to follow.
Advertising can be a litmus test for where a culture is—an imperfect one at times, but a useful one.
Looking ahead to the 2020 election, Democrats are debating whether single-payer should be a "litmus test" for national candidates.
Florida is seen as a litmus test for national sentiment, having voted for former President Barack Obama and also Trump.
"There is kind of an industry of trying to make this into a litmus test," a government source told POLITICO.
But after the 2016 election, Clinton is no longer sure that "responsible" is the right litmus test for campaign rhetoric.
"And so they just make it clear that now there is a litmus test and I'm passing it," Edwards said.
Wade will be a litmus test, the President-elect has abandoned the rights of millions of women across our country.
When it passes TMZ's litmus test, the website has no qualms paying for original footage that will lead to clicks.
"This was really a litmus test for all of IT spending," said Sun Trust analyst Inder Singh about Cisco's comments.
"Having a successful brick-and-mortar space was a great litmus test for the brand's traction with consumers," she said.
Uygur hopes the initiative can also serve as a litmus test for voters trying to navigate the crowded Democratic field.
Sanders has wisely said that support for single-payer health care should not be a litmus test for Democratic candidates.
Reparations for slavery and late term abortion are now considered the litmus test thresholds by the Democratic base as well.
The litmus test for a true-blooded Cruz fan is their relationship to the Constitution: it needs to go deep.
We like the idea that it's almost like a litmus test for the audience to say, 'how crazy is he?
The 2014 Games in Glasgow proved something of a litmus test for the economic and cultural credibility of the event.
Since then, support for the "fight for $15" has become a sort of litmus test for Democrats with national ambition.
"If someone believes I've passed some litmus test, I honestly don't know how they came to that conclusion," she said.
The move comes as more Western nations harden their use of national security as a litmus test for Chinese investments.
A good litmus test to determine a person's basic ideological outlook is to ask about Uber's use of surge pricing.
For people who care about what the pop charts tell us about cultural tastes, 2020 provides an interesting litmus test.
Steyer will not, however, require House candidates whom he supports to pass a "litmus test" supporting impeaching Trump, he said.
Any elected official who asks to visit my schools is welcome to do so; there is no political litmus test.
Of all the Democratic candidates, only Warren has explicitly made rejecting Big Tech money part of the progressive litmus test.
The propensity of activists on either side to try to turn B.D.S. into a litmus test is misguided at best.
"I think the Chicago school has basically made consumer welfare the litmus test, the gold standard of antitrust policy," Rep.
Perhaps that will be the real litmus test for Vaccarello: Can he carve a distinct identity for his own tenure?
The outcome will also be a litmus test for another meeting Kim has recently proposed to U.S. President Donald Trump.
FEC — the 2010 decision that allowed unlimited election spending by organizations and companies — a 'litmus test' for would-be justices.
They could serve as a litmus test for his positions on the subject, which, as governor, he has deftly avoided articulating.
DAVID AVELLA, CHAIRMAN, GOPAC: Well, now that abolishing ICE is the litmus test for Democrats who want to run in 2020.
KUCINICH: I think we have to take the president at his word that he hasn&apost asked for a litmus test.
Its latest partnership will be another litmus test on whether it can make it work long-term in the suburbs, too.
A man at an electronics store in China decided to give a smartphone battery his own litmus test by biting it.
The question of which feels truer to Kirk, and to Trek, serves as a litmus test for fans of the show.
In August the prime minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong, called TPP's ratification "a litmus test" of American credibility in Asia.
Yucca has been among Nevada's top concerns in national politics for decades and is frequently a litmus test for presidential candidates.
In this instance the litmus test was posed by plate of fried chicken during a weekend campaign stop in South Carolina.
The issue has become a new litmus test for Democrats, particularly those thought to be weighing a presidential run in 85033.
If that was the only litmus test, the outrage-prone left would have a lock on every office in the country.
HR 609 has become a litmus test to see if this Congress can pass a truly bipartisan, pro-small business bill.
The refusal of artists to perform at this year's Super Bowl has become the latest litmus test for the "woke" generation.
Progressive donors are on the sidelines, as are certain organizations refusing to back Democratic candidates who flunk their abortion litmus test.
"The litmus test of normalization is trade and investment," said Robert Muse, a Washington lawyer who specializes in Cuba-related law.
Freedman describes her litmus test for free market healthcare as a notable lack of "shenanigans" between buyers and sellers of medicine.
The fatigue that Bennett sensed before opening night has gone general: kneeling is no longer the litmus test that it was.
A month after Steyer announced his litmus test, Clinton released her clean-energy platform, which her campaign said fit Steyer's standard.
It was a litmus test: of his continued relevance, which is deeply intertwined with New York's relevance, and of his intentions.
Hillary Clinton did a litmus test in NYC by hitting Broadway and getting encouraging results ... amid rumors she'll run for mayor.
On litmus-test social issues like abortion and homosexuality, many Hispanic evangelicals hold conservative views, just as most other evangelicals do.
"I'm just trying to figure out what the litmus test is here," one person in the room recalled Mr. Richmond saying.
He wants public funding of campaigns and promises to make overturning Citizens United a litmus test in a Supreme Court nomination.
The question first came to Biden: Would he use support for abortion rights as a litmus test for Supreme Court nominees?
Petro says that sex-work advocacy is "a litmus test for a truly progressive candidate" — and that Bloomberg doesn&apost pass.
Hollywood, of course, isn't a precise litmus test for how a new technology is likely to be received by the public.
A commitment to universal health coverage — bringing in the people currently falling through Obamacare's cracks — should definitely be a litmus test.
It has proven a good litmus test for what the base will go for, in addition to a source of ideas.
"Well, my litmus test for any Supreme Court justice is whether he or she will faithfully apply the Constitution," Cruz said.
" Or, as Representative Elijah Cummings of Maryland put it: "If there's a litmus test, it's going to be righting the country.
Swalwell says he's the candidate to take on gun control, which has become a key litmus test for Democrats in 2020.
You said in a Bloomberg interview that the whole experience could be a litmus test for whether investors had a conscience.
Bernie Sanders has made Medicare-for-All something of a litmus test for the primaries, and several of his opponents — Sens.
Export levels will provide an important litmus test for compliance throughout OPEC's planned cuts in the first half of 2017, Smith said.
Even in this era of hyper partisanship, support for our veterans should be a litmus test that we can all get behind.
Insisting on a pure single-payer solution, which many on the left has turned into a litmus test, doesn't seem very popular.
"Every female-led movie still has to go through a giant litmus test," Bridesmaids director Paul Feig told BuzzFeed News in 2016.
He then changed his line several times on an issue that is viewed as a deeply personal litmus test by many conservatives.
Already, lawyer Michael Avenatti is calling for a new Democratic litmus test: increasing the size of the court to 11 from nine.
Some people think sentience is the wrong litmus test; they argue we should include anything that's alive or that supports living things.
I love showing it to people — it's almost a litmus test when I meet new friends — true New Yorkers just get it.
Thus a fringe idea becomes a litmus test for primary candidates, handing power to a small but highly motivated group of cranks.
So again, that's kind of the litmus test, is, looking around when you're showing, and this goes for anything in any business.
SkypeThe "video phone" is the most antiquated "the future is now" litmus test, and Skype actually brought the idea into widespread fruition.
Wednesday's Dutch election is an important one, widely dubbed by Europe-watchers as a litmus test for rising nationalist sentiment in Europe.
"The litmus test should be intelligence, caring about, as Harry Truman or Roosevelt used to call it, the common man," Brown said.
The primary is expected to be seen as a litmus test on Democratic politics in Trump's first year in the White House.
Separately, attempts to shed pipeline contracts by two bankrupt producers, Sabine Oil & Gas and Quicksilver Resources, are viewed as a litmus test.
And it was maybe another 10 or 15 years before there was a chemical litmus test that worked in the same way.
Today, Kharkiv remains a litmus test for whether Ukraine can satisfy its Russian-speaking people and turn itself into a functional country.
Sanders proved he's no champion of women when earlier this year he rejected abortion rights as a litmus test for Democratic candidates.
" Abrams defended Biden earlier this year against allegations of inappropriate behavior with women, saying, "We cannot have perfection as the litmus test.
In Washington, by contrast, Ankara's decision is being viewed as a litmus test of sorts of its larger commitment to the West.
At the top of their list: Republican voters are making clear that support for Trump is a key litmus test (The Hill).
"Does the First Amendment allow the use of a religious litmus test for entry into the United States?" the Vermont senator asked.
There is an abundance of moral relativism here, but I see this as increasingly a litmus test of the West on China.
The verdict will soon be returned, but either way, the Yankees are glad Andujar has finally joined them for the litmus test.
Earlier this year, a nasty intraparty fight broke out over whether candidates should face a litmus test on key issues like abortion.
But the battle over the roughly $500 million Planned Parenthood receives each year could yet become the litmus test for social conservatives.
HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - Kirin will provide a litmus test of whether Japanese investors are thirstier for bigger changes at Japan Inc.
In his book, Czollek deals with how that litmus test has evolved and what it means for a Jew in Germany today.
But the early litmus test on the Liberty's DNA remains largely inconclusive, a troubling sign for a team that harbored championship aspirations.
In statements posted to Twitter earlier this month, Schumer claimed that Kavanaugh passed Trump's "litmus test" on potential cases overturning Roe v.
A president's first 100 days are a momentum litmus test for followers, and his momentum performance is mixed from the followers' viewpoint.
Elizabeth Warren, also took the position in a recent debate that the Democratic Party should not have a litmus test on abortion.
Some abortion rights supporters worry that establishing abortion rights as a Democratic litmus test is too inflexible for Americans conflicted over abortion.
President George W. Bush insisted that he would apply no "litmus test" to his Supreme Court nominees on any issue, including abortion.
But using this as a litmus test for the Democratic nomination is an oversimplification of the problem and a disservice to Americans.
Abortion has re-emerged as a key judicial litmus test in light of Republican efforts to challenge the landmark 1973 Roe v.
"I'm very concerned that his campaign is creating a litmus test for other candidates and that's a dangerous path," Mr. Krone said.
The vote is being closely watched in France as it's seen as a litmus test of the popularity (or lack thereof) of Macron.
Anyway, why is being comfortable in what's basically a 1920s bathing suit the litmus test for whether someone would make a good wrestler?
A litmus test of institutional interest will come with the outcome of the sale of The Collective's Old Oak scheme, property consultants said.
Litmus test for free speech In September 2018, a court convicted the two Myanmar nationals and sentenced them to seven years in prison.
So what they did was take conditions that were societally imposed on black people and then use that a litmus test for voting.
The talks will amount to a litmus test of the rationale of his campaign -- that only he can drive better deals for America.
So when the official election results are released June 25, they'll be closely scrutinized as a litmus test for next year's general election.
And even if it doesn't, it need not stand as a "litmus test" to how audiences react to a bunch of women onscreen.
That could prove to be a kind of litmus test for their competitors, as speculation grows over the next big ride-sharing IPO.
And in the series, Reeder notes, it's like a litmus test for one's ability to overcome human weaknesses and embrace an alien culture.
Brookings compiled the data on how many Democratic candidates are running on Medicare-for-all, a favored litmus test for the insurgent progressives.
For individuals approaching 30 and beyond, here is a quick litmus test to see whether you have a handle on your financial situation.
In a previous statement given to Refinery29 on September 20, Chua said, "Kavanaugh's first and only litmus test in hiring has been excellence."
Bernie] Sanders [I-VT] came out with a single-payer plan that served as a kind of litmus test for 2020 presidential candidates.
Even as the climate plan is becoming a litmus test for 2020 presidential candidates — every declared contender in the upper chamber, including Sens.
"The state elections will be seen as a litmus test of Modi's popularity," said Simon Finch, fund manager at Jersey-based Ashburton Investments.
Wednesday's election was seen by Europe watchers as a litmus test for other upcoming elections across the continent, specifically in France and Germany.
And 1996 Republican presidential nominee Senator Bob Dole also ran in the 1980 primaries, disqualifying him as well from this Cruz litmus test.
"How Brexit negotiations conclude will be a litmus test for responsible financial globalisation," he said in a speech at Thomson Reuters' London office.
In some quarters, rhetorical support for a carbon tax is seen as a litmus test for whether policymakers are serious about climate change.
I think the fact that there is significant evidence that he broke the law is our what our litmus test needs to be.
Then there's also the possibility that this launch is a litmus test or precursor to the re-introduction of Google Play in China.
"There is no doubt that successful NPE management will be the litmus test for us," CEO Fokion Karavias told Reuters in an interview.
Business Insider previously reported that one litmus test of a happy relationship is how enthusiastically each partner responds to the other's good news.
Poor and working-class Democrats, likewise, are more likely to oppose an abortion litmus test than are Democrats in the highest income brackets.
Hastings decided to re-evaluate everyone in the executive ranks, using the litmus test McCord taught him: Would he hire them again today?
Whether or not to expand the Supreme Court is emerging as a key litmus test in the crowded 2020 Democratic presidential primary field.
Unlike the Republicans, you know we haven't had the litmus test where if you don't believe this, we're going to throw you out.
"The early litmus test as to whether that's good or bad are the mortgage applications," said Ward McCarthy, chief financial economist at Jefferies.
On the question of selecting Supreme Court Justices, few candidates say affirmative action or disabilities rights or political gerrymandering is a litmus test.
Pat Tiberi's resignation, will serve as another litmus test for Democrats as they try to win suburban areas that have recently tilted red.
Bernie Sanders has made putting a price on carbon a litmus test of sorts, repeatedly challenging Clinton on the issue during the primaries.
But unlike those special elections, Tuesday's Virginia race was a stronger litmus test of how a swing state could play out for Democrats.
We cannot demand that rape survivors report and press charges as a litmus test of the veracity of the violation they have endured.
The World Cup could be a litmus test to determine whether it will be sufficient to replace N.H.L. participation in future Winter Olympics.
The case is being closely watched globally as a litmus test on how the United States government will police the country's tech giants.
But what if rigid support for single-payer — as opposed to somewhat flexible support for universal coverage, however achieved — becomes a litmus test?
Stemming from a lawsuit brought by Cuyahoga and Summit counties in Ohio, it is intended as a litmus test for the remaining cases.
However, for Donald Trump and his G.O.P. supporters, your disapproval is the litmus test to confirm that he made exactly the correct selections.
"You slip out of their litmus test for one second, and it's like, 'Oh, you've gone over to the dark side,'" he said.
He cast the departure as a litmus test for British democracy, warning that any further delay would flout the will of the public.
What is the final, defining litmus test of whether a client is better off in a fee-based or a commission-based account?
The report will be a litmus test for a rapid move higher in interest rates that drove 21.7-year yields toward 2.89 percent.
New Hampshire will serve as a crucial litmus test of Trump's poll numbers as he looks to rebound from an upset in Iowa.
And by preserving their options, Democrats risk alienating liberal primary voters, some of whom consider support for Medicare for all a litmus test.
"There's always this litmus test of proving one's worthiness to be here," Christina Greer, a political science professor at Fordham University, told Fusion.
" The healthcare bill is an important litmus test for Trump, who told reporters on Friday that the bill would pass "easily" and "quickly.
It will be a litmus test of how China upholds its promises and respect for human rights that the international community should closely monitor.
And he is certainly the first major party nominee who went on to be president to put a litmus test on Supreme Court justices.
If someone with these credentials doesn't meet the Sanders litmus test, there'll be a lot of prominent Democrats shut out of the Milwaukee convention.
" Axios' Sam Baker reported that adopting Medicare for All has become something of "a litmus test for a lot of Democratic primaries in 2018.
The two IPOs are widely seen as a litmus test for investor tolerance for lack of profitability when it comes to iconic technology unicorns.
Wade (a litmus test that captures the importance of the judiciary in these fights, but not one that all candidates have united behind yet).
The litmus test isn't even the issue here; Lipinski's problematic and inconsistent views — of which his anti-abortion stance only scratches the surface — are.
The Democratic Party establishment is currently mired in a fight over whether support for abortion rights should be a litmus test for potential candidates.
Once we learned that primers passed our experts' litmus test, we had a lot more questions: What type is best for each skin problem?
And like the original, it's still a litmus test for nerds: you either love it or you hate it, there is no in-between.
LONDON (Reuters) - A small gas field on the edge of the British North Sea could become a litmus test for U.S. policy towards Iran.
The IPO also poses a litmus test for Petrobras, which recently faced a U.S. government probe linked to a massive corruption scandal in Brazil.
"You know, before Donald Trump became president, the litmus test for Republicans was — it was really about the ideological purity and conformity," he said.
The British news media, which eagerly covers the award, has frequently turned the prize into a litmus test of public attitudes to contemporary art.
Furthermore, before the Obama CAFE standards became a political litmus test for environmentalists, there was justified skepticism about whether they were the best approach.
"I don't want to have a litmus test for what anyone should be able to say ... or what word is correct," he tells me.
It's already become a progressive rallying cry and litmus test in the 2020 presidential race, but its future in the House is less certain.
The election for a new state assembly in Gujarat is seen as a litmus test for Modi ahead of a national election in 2019.
I think we had a couple of first steps — first, to remind people of Donald Trump's litmus test to criminalize abortion and punish women.
Put together, this race is much less about the possibility of an upset Democratic win than it is a litmus test of party enthusiasm.
" As Politico's Gabriel Debenedetti pointed out on Twitter, some of Sanders's most ardent supporters do say that single-payer should be a "litmus test.
Here at home, he leads a myopic club of Republican politicians who have made rejection of climate change a litmus test of party loyalty.
In recent presidential debates, Democrats have applauded wildly as candidate after candidate pledged to impose an abortion litmus test on future Supreme Court nominees.
So it became a huge litmus test for us in terms of legitimacy, and there were a lot of things we could've done better.
An HQ2 litmus test would be a wake-up call to lawmakers in Texas, where RFRA legislation has been on the books for years.
"If you're thinking about people who would use it as a litmus test for voting, it's only about a quarter of Kentuckians," Jones said.
And his executive orders that deport aspiring Americans and impose a religious litmus test for refugees are both morally bankrupt and bad economic policy.
It's been an interesting litmus test: Some people find it really beautiful, and some people say that Hannah being pregnant feels isolating to them.
And as with every year, no occasion is a better litmus test of the past nine months' biggest moments in pop culture than Halloween.
Biden later reversed his stance, demonstrating that supporting a repeal of the 1976 amendment had become something of a litmus test for 2020 candidates.
" On a litmus test issue for some progressives, de Leon said, "We already know she won't support Medicare for all — just Medicare for some.
A simmering political crisis in the Maldives, a luxury travel hotspot, has evolved into a litmus test for India's foreign policy intentions in Asia.
Many polls suggest that the referendum could be seen as a litmus test for the Renzi government — a big risk for the prime minister.
Every person on the planet has done bad things, but it is the totality of a human being that should be the litmus test.
But if the president starts publicly campaigning, and conservative media outlets start making it a litmus test issue, the politics here could conceivably move.
Over the course of two years, support for the Yemen resolution became a litmus test of the Democratic Party's progressive shift on foreign policy.
The AT&T-Time Warner deal will land at least partially on its plate, at minimum, as an important litmus test for network neutrality.
Sanford, a former South Carolina governor, blamed his loss on Trump, saying that support for the president is becoming a litmus test in GOP primaries.
And he&aposs also the president who has also said that he&aposs not going to have a litmus test, as have other past presidents.
The auction is closely watched as a litmus test of investor appetite, a day before credit rating agency Fitch is due to assess Italy's creditworthiness.
And even though the bill is unlikely to see movement in the Senate, it has become an important litmus test for those on both sides.
The real litmus test of whether our society cares about sexual abuse is how we respond when the allegations are against someone in our community.
The issue of universal health care has become an important litmus test for potential candidates seeking to win support from constituents dissatisfied with rising costs.
The stock's early performance will serve as something of a litmus test for public investors and their tolerance for mature, not-yet-profitable tech giants.
A great litmus test on whether a politician in a jurisdiction is honest, however, comes when Inspectors General face opposition to their conducting their duties.
This pressure has become especially acute since the failure of the Republican's health-care bill – seen by many as a litmus test for other overhauls.
"It is to some degree a litmus test as to how serious the Germans are about common defence and close Franco-German cooperation," he said.
This rhetoric points to the real scandal here: Republicans are trying to impose a partisan, Trump-loyalist litmus test on America's top law enforcement agency.
Even so, the device is an interesting litmus test for the current state of the smartphone, right down to the return of the headphone jack.
A key metric for the retail industry, same-store sales results often serve as a litmus test for how companies are faring year-over-year.
Support for the bill has been the key litmus test for GOP candidates seeking endorsements from the Susan B. Anthony List for several election seasons.
Zeid said the events were a litmus test of whether Mexico's new General Law on Disappearances represented real change or a continued failure of justice.
" Blumenthal said the president has also established a litmus test for his nominee to be "pro-life, to be pro-Second Amendment, to be conservative.
The Huawei case makes many things very clear, and it is a litmus test of whether the U.S. and China can maintain a peaceful dialogue.
" BDS is a litmus test -- not that consequential at this point -- for an organization that is trying to assert itself as "not-the Democratic Party.
The decision marked a sea change in social mores and legal thinking on gay rights—and effectively removed a litmus test issue from national politics.
But DACA has also been a litmus test for Trump's base—ending the program is proof that he isn't fatally compromised by globalists and RINOs.
"We give Mr. Ibarra the benefit of the doubt but believe that this will be the litmus test of his leadership skills," Bernstein's analysts said.
Republican voters in Arizona and Wisconsin will pick their Senate nominees after brutal, costly primaries where support for Trump has become a key litmus test.
If wholesale opposition to President Trump is one litmus test for progressive Democrats, another — as the governor's race in California is proving — is health care.
The primary race in the diverse borough with working-class roots was seen as a litmus test for the appeal of progressive versus traditional candidates.
The president, who views the economy as a litmus test of his presidency, sees the strong data as evidence that his trade policies are helping.
While Mr. O'Rourke supports universal health care — increasingly a litmus-test position for Democratic candidates — he hasn't committed to a specific way to get there.
"A political litmus test for who should serve can be very destructive to a nonprofit institution," said Reynold Levy, the former president of Lincoln Center.
Presidential hopefuls in the Democratic primary have in recent weeks found themselves facing a new litmus test: Do they want to eliminate private health insurance?
"In that sense," Mr. Jäger said, "this compromise will be a litmus test of whether the French-German engine can still pull the European train."
In the interview, Mr. Steyer praised Mr. Gillum for having endorsed impeachment, though he said that had not been a "litmus test" for his support.
Litmus test defeated Sanders, the country's best-known democratic socialist, has repeatedly said he will support the Democratic primary winner -- no matter who it is.
Another certainty is that Google parent Alphabet will report quarterly earnings, which may serve as a "true litmus test of this actual moment," Cramer said.
"I do thank [Seth Meyers] for being that litmus test," Kimmel told reporters at the Television Critics Association press tour, referencing the Golden Globes host.
The Silver State, with its heavily Hispanic primary electorate, is viewed as a litmus test of Democratic presidential contenders' appeal to a key voting bloc.
All of these things are important to know about someone, especially before you move in with them, and Stardew Valley is the perfect litmus test.
Almost instantly, Mr. Castro's progressive stance on the issue became a litmus test among Democrats seeking the nomination, and several candidates ultimately embraced his position.
Our primary litmus test for supporting a policy should be whether it is a good idea that, responsibly implemented, can help those who need it.
In the late nineties, a Yancey beat was like a litmus test: you either got it or you wondered where the rest of it was.
A litmus test from any political party that requires candidates to support abortion flies in the face of scientific advances about the beginning of life.
Because it's taking place after both the Mississippi and Kentucky races, Louisiana is effectively the third litmus test of Trump's endorsement in a Republican state.
The risk for any 22020 Democrat is that reliance on a billionaire-backed super PAC becomes a litmus test of liberal credibility as a reformer.
"Clearly, the litmus test of whether you're selected by them is whether you pledge allegiance to the flag of the 2027 strategy," he told Reuters.
But the agency — once backed by large majorities in both parties — has become something of a litmus test for hard-line conservatives versus establishment Republicans.
This might sound like a weird litmus test, but I doubt my mom would've slept with the English guy if she were in the same situation.
The refusal to deal rationally with the bankruptcy of the Greek state is a useful litmus test for the European establishment's capacity to stabilize the eurozone.
If this (admittedly odd) Sanders tweet is any indication, his litmus test for Supreme Court nominees will be whether they think Citizens United was wrongly decided.
The Government's announcements on self-employment will be the litmus test for how pro-business it is going to be for the rest of this Parliament.
In some parts of Washington, Medicare for All is so popular that it has the potential to become a new litmus test for the Democratic Party.
" Someone on Instagram felt this photo should be a litmus test for any couple: "Find someone who looks at you like Orlando looks at Katy's boobs.
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's parliament speaker set April 2 as a date for a presidential election seen as a litmus test of prime minister Aleksandar Vucic's popularity.
Go deeper: Lyft files first for IPO in litmus test for the industry Lyft's 2018 net loss looms over its IPO filing Lyft's health care ambitions
Netroots, usually a good litmus test of who the Democratic base is excited about in presidential cycles, was more muted and cautious than in past years.
A good litmus test for whether an internship is worth it is to ask yourself: Is this going to be a meaningful experience for my career?
But if we want to indulge in a litmus test over corporate crime, we don't have to wait for the next wave of abuse to occur.
But Snap's in particular was an important one because it would be a litmus test for Wall Street's appetite for risk for fresh IPOs in 2017.
Subjecting qualified Democratic candidates to a litmus test on issues such as abortion or single-payer health care is an approach that is doomed to fail.
When I worked on judicial nominations, including Supreme Court nominations, in the Clinton administration, it was axiomatic that any litmus test questions were strictly off limits.
"It was our litmus test — no pun intended, because I am a chemistry teacher — but it was a good environment to do it in," she said.
"I asked my dad to come and he's eaten at the French Laundry, but he's not super fancy so he's a good litmus test," she says.
"We need to avoid doing that kind of thing," he said of unwarranted interference in travel to the United States or creating a religious litmus test.
Democrats can win over a good number of these voters by nominating candidates who fit their district, rather than those who pass every progressive litmus test.
A Texas Democratic operative lavished praise on Beto, on background, in order to speak freely: O'Rourke has an intangible energy that goes beyond the litmus test.
It's a race of political extremes and the result could be a litmus test for where the state — and maybe the country — are headed in 2020.
CS: Your decision to move to a new city for college doesn't function as a litmus test of the depth of your love for your boyfriend.
"Ranked choice voting quickly became a litmus test of loyalty to LePage," said Rob Richie, president of FairVote, a nonpartisan group that backs ranked choice voting.
Unlike Emily's List, a more established group that supports Democratic women, Emerge pointedly does not have a litmus test requiring its candidates to back abortion rights.
These stances animate Sanders's hardcore supporters, who turn his rivals' understandable reluctance to sign on to a patently unrealistic series of promises as a litmus test.
But for anyone else, a four-word litmus test will determine just how much of a kick you'll get out of it: Nicolas Cage, alpaca farmer.
A willingness to join in assumptions of Clinton's guilt is a litmus test for anyone entering the conservative echo chamber on talk radio and the internet.
The vote will be a litmus test of whether Abiy has won over a population traumatized by decades of repression and ongoing ethnic and political bloodshed.
But it now appears it will serve as a kind of litmus test for Democratic presidential candidates as they talk about racial inequality and possible remedies.
Even as Republicans debated the notion of unmasking a confidential government source protected by whistleblower law, a new litmus test was already emerging for the party.
The vote was a litmus test for the impeachment process, with moderate Democrats who had been tepid on diving into impeachment voicing their near-unanimous support.
"The American people need a litmus test to know who's on the people's side and who's on the side of the Wall Street oligarchs," he said.
And I determined right then and there that moms are not a good litmus test for anything you might try because they think everything looks wonderful.
Another litmus test might be the character called Footnote, played by the gifted Zachary Quinto (of the "Star Trek" reboot and the revival of "The Glass Menagerie").
Uber's IPO will be "the first real litmus test" for SoftBank's investment strategy, said Kartik Hosanagar, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
"If you fail to be explicit and forthcoming and definite in your responses, we have to assume that you will pass the Trump litmus test," Blumenthal said.
The agonizing litmus test on the abortion issue will thus be hard to apply to Gorsuch, and this will make his confirmation process somewhat easier for him.
A man's interest in style, no matter the color of their shirt or the height of their heel, should not be a litmus test for their masculinity.
LONDON (Reuters) - Lebanon's economic crisis is a litmus test for the resilience and domestic support of its banks as well as their potential for sparking contagion abroad.
Even if the first state isn't in the corn belt or even in the Midwest, that doesn't mean candidates won't face a divisive, state-focused litmus test.
This was one of two gubernatorial contests in 2017 that are being closely tracked as a litmus test of Donald Trump's presidency (the other is in Virginia).
Still, it felt strange to me, because all the rom-coms I've ever watched told me that your friends are a huge litmus test for your partner.
Even as younger evangelicals move towards liberal positions on many issues—most strikingly gay marriage—abortion remains for them a litmus test issue of a politician's worth.
"This is going to be a big litmus test for the studio's plans to spin off more of Spidey's related characters into their own movies," Robbins said.
Many will be looking to the Oscars as a litmus test for how much Hollywood really has progressed since allegations against Harvey Weinstein first broke in October.
But in the billions upon billions of star systems in our galaxy alone, should two greenhouse gases, CO22 and water, always be our litmus test for habitability?
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who has announced that he's considering running for president in 2020 as an independent candidate, failed an infamous litmus test on Wednesday.
In a memorable 1922 sermon, Harry Emerson Fosdick, a prominent evangelical pastor based in Manhattan, accused evangelical fundamentalists of making anti-rationalism a litmus test of faith.
The sale, among the kingdom's first privatisations and a litmus test for other state asset sales to follow, began its so-called qualifying phase on Aug. 26.
"We focused on Samsung simply because they are the largest handset provider on Android, and we viewed this as a litmus test," Poole told Mashable in January.
Conducting a credible inquiry is seen by many as a litmus test of Ramaphosa's ability to pursue broader reforms in his bid to revive the country's economy.
"With social issues, you never satisfy the litmus test of either the right or the left," Mr. McCrory said over a Styrofoam cup of lemonade on Thursday.
Within days of her victory, abolishing ICE had become a litmus test for Democrats running in the midterms and for those seen as potential 2020 presidential contenders.
The issue has become an important litmus test for those on the party's left and an early question for O'Rourke, who announced his presidential run on Thursday.
The issue of women driving has long been a cultural litmus test in Saudi Arabia, which is among the most religiously conservative Islamic countries in the world.
Trump's message is precisely the opposite, imposing a litmus test on all Americans: You're only patriotic if you stand for the national anthem and honor the flag.
Abolishing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency is fast becoming a litmus test for Democrats after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's shock victory in a Democratic primary. Sen.
The case could become a litmus test for insurers who wrote so-called professional athletes' insurance policies years ago, when the seriousness of concussions was less understood.
Today it's abortion, which has become the political litmus test: You must be pro-choice to advance as a Democrat, pro-life to be a top Republican.
AND AS WE TALKED YESTERDAY, THE LITMUS TEST FOR ME HAS BEEN ONE THING: DOES THIS DECISION, THIS POLICY GONNA MAKE OUR CUSTOMERS AND OUR PEOPLE PROUD?
If criticism of Israel falls into one of three categories, then it is indeed anti-Semitic:  This litmus test should be applied to all discourse surrounding Israel.
Trump's visit to the UK was read by the transatlantic community, and especially by the UK's foreign policy establishment, as a litmus test for the Special Relationship.
While many talking heads say the EU presidency will be a test for Sofia, its six-month term in fact will be a litmus test for Brussels.
"Their worry is about 2020 and it's becoming the litmus test for Democrats," said one insurance industry source familiar with the plan to create the new partnership.
By the time Democrats set about selecting their next presidential nominee, a seriousness about antitrust reform—not empty platitudes, but detailed commitments—will be a litmus test.
Joseph Kennedy III (Massachusetts), has been sitting in committee ever since and in the meantime become a sort of litmus test in the burgeoning fighters-rights movement.
"Once this resolution is announced, there will be a really clear litmus test for what they support," said Stephen O'Hanlon, spokesman for climate activist group Sunrise Movement.
Instead, Miami FC is just a litmus test about whether or not an MLS team would be a viable venture in the same city (cough* Beckham *cough).
Two Dots is a litmus test for how anxious I am—how many hours I've logged trying to calm down, distract from suffering, anxiety, insomnia, and fear.
Democrats are grappling over whether support for abortion rights should be a litmus test for candidates as the party seeks to rebuild from its devastating 6900 defeat.
The results are seen as a litmus test of the elder Mr. Sharif's enduring popularity and will also offer an early appraisal of Mr. Khan's new government.
Each month we will focus on creative communities within five states as a litmus test to understand local demographics, politics, and cultural dynamics from an artist's frame.
Governments around the world, and especially in Europe, are increasingly inclined to use such concerns as a litmus test for Chinese investments to protect their competitive edge.
But it's not an appeal to the stoner vote — the issue is a litmus test for candidates' commitment to equal treatment for all races in criminal justice.
Mr. Corker's hopes for a rapprochement with Mr. Trump illustrate the degree to which loyalty to the president is becoming a central litmus test in Republican politics.
The president told reporters that he had not taken "the litmus test approach" and had not questioned the nominee about his views on abortion or anything else.
"The litmus test for a contract is that neither side is ticked off before the ink can dry, and neither side should be ticked off," Gettleman said.
This is, perhaps, even a good litmus test for compatibility; if someone can't handle you at your coronavirus-panic, they don't deserve you at your sick hornies.
And it's a litmus test in our family -- if the boy/girlfriend doesn't love "The Princess Bride," well, I don't bother to remember his or her name.
Will Democrats consolidate behind Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and produce a nominee who passes an ideological litmus test with flying colors but cannot attract purple voters?
" "We should definitely be concerned," said Steve Levitsky, who included a dictator litmus test in the first chapter of the book he co-authored, "How Democracies Die.
Rivals like Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders moved exclusively to small dollar fund-raising and sought to make that a litmus test for the Democratic field.
At each stage in the process, a humorous element like the sweaters must past the litmus test of being a simple gag or appropriate for the show.
Drawing on a close study of democracy's demise in 1930s Europe, the eminent political scientist Juan J. Linz designed a "litmus test" to identify anti-democratic politicians.
The ability to attract individual donors also has become a crucial litmus test for little-known candidates who want to join the Democratic Party's first two debates.
But that phrase "settled law" has emerged as a litmus test for judicial nominees to indicate their support for precedent, particularly on the complicated issue of abortion.
He conceded that Mr. Trump may win the opening rounds of what has essentially become a litmus test of whether countries will follow the president's confrontational approach.
Thankfully, there remain two pro-life Democrats in the Senate — Joe ManchinJoseph (Joe) ManchinNo one wins with pro-abortion litmus test Senate confirms Brouillette to replace Perry as Energy secretary Political purity tests are for losers MORE of West Virginia and Bob CaseyRobert (Bob) Patrick CaseyNo one wins with pro-abortion litmus test New ObamaCare enrollment period faces Trump headwinds Scrap House defense authorization provision benefitting Russia MORE of Pennsylvania.
The senator supports a Roe litmus test for judges, and his Medicare-for-all plan would make abortion free to all patients, effectively making the Hyde Amendment moot.
Then one of her rivals, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, backed a criminal investigation into an ex-President Trump, taking the issue into litmus test territory for Democrats.
The vote, a litmus test of Mnangagwa's democratic credentials, will be crucial to unlocking badly needed financial assistance and repairing relations with Western powers and international financial institutions.
While some brands use the fact that their ingredients are recognizable as a marketing strategy, Klein says there's some truth to it being a solid nutritional litmus test.
But that doesn't reflect the long-term damage this could do to Uber's business, especially if customers turn their purchasing power into a litmus test for Trump's policies.
But making a good impression on a new S.O.'s friends is even harder because, let's be real here, friends are a major litmus test for a relationship.
The auction is closely watched as a litmus test of investor appetite for Italian debt, a day before credit rating agency Fitch is due to assess Italy's creditworthiness.
"This is being seen as a good litmus test of the rest of Trump's agenda," said Gennadiy Goldberg, an interest rate strategist at TD Securities in New York.
Potential and declared candidates including former Vice President Joe Biden and Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders "have likely already passed that litmus test with voters," Payne added.
" In a statement to Refinery29, Chua said: "For the more than 10 years I've known him, Judge Kavanaugh's first and only litmus test in hiring has been excellence.
The ACLU has argued in other cases that such logic creates two systems -- one for people who meet an agency's "religious litmus test" and another for everyone else.
In this case, the litmus test of abortion opens up a whole new can of worms for Lipinski when it comes to which constituents he's okay leaving behind.
A decision not to pass a litmus test doesn't mean a politician automatically has more nuance, depth, or knowledge than those who choose to take a definitive stand.
Once again, the abortion litmus test is just the beginning in an avalanche of questionable-at-best behavior, both for Biden as a candidate and as a legislator.
The sports betting case could prove to be a litmus test for just how far the conservative majority on the Supreme Court will allow federal authority to reach.
At the time, it was seen as a litmus test for tapping consumer anxiety over drug prices, which is a pocketbook issue for a growing number of Americans.
"Debating the merits of different policy solutions is quite different from setting up a litmus test for what it takes to be 'serious' about climate change," she said.
"Democrats must clearly and emphatically embrace abortion rights, and that includes a litmus test for judges," said Rebecca Katz, the founder of Democratic consulting firm New Deal Strategies.
It's also great litmus test for your state of mind at the time; just set a five-minute timer and you won't be disappointed with what you produce.
Farting has also become a sort of litmus test for intimacy between partners, but that's BS in my opinion, because farting doesn't have to be a spectator sport.
As both sides gear up for the impending fight, the Senate Republican aide told The Hill that the court issue could be a litmus test for vulnerable senators.
MAGA loyalty is driving GOP primary voters Primaries in Virginia and South Carolina made clear that support for Trump is a key litmus test among GOP primary voters.
As much as those questioning might like to think there's a litmus test that will tell them whether or not they're truly bi, that's simply not the case.
Single-payer health care is increasingly becoming a litmus test for progressives in upcoming elections, and both Warren and Harris have fueled speculation about possible 2020 presidential bids.
So what has typically been a rather quiet, developer-focused affair has been transformed into more of a litmus test for Facebook's handling of the data privacy scandal.
California has widely been seen as a litmus test for Democrats and their prospects at picking up the 21625 seats needed to take back the House in midterms.
Personally, my litmus test for this wallet was to see how long I could go without switching my things to another wallet, even if just for the day.
President Donald Trump makes no secret of his litmus test for an attorney general: They should be loyal to the president first, and the rule of law second.
The gun groups are also working to make opposition to Obama's gun actions a litmus test for any Republican candidate with GOP voters poised to hit the polls.
Or they will have to play the long game, as the conservative legal movement has been doing for decades, by imposing a litmus test on all judicial nominees.
" Mr. Schmill offers high school students this litmus test when choosing extracurricular activities: "If you couldn't write about this on your college application, would you still do it?
Democrats should force Republican senators, governors, and other officials to take a stand on Moore's most controversial beliefs, making him a kind of litmus test for the party.
Accordingly, both supporters and opponents of transgender rights have turned their attention to the state as a litmus test to see whether similar measure could potentially pass elsewhere.
Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) for his vow not to put a litmus test to Democratic congressional candidates, even when it came to social issues like abortion rights.
Yet in the following years Al Gore helped make climate change a Democratic issue, and the Koch brothers helped make climate denial a litmus test of Republican authenticity.
Polls show a growing anxiety about the influence of technology on American lives, and the issue has emerged as a litmus test for the 2020 Democratic presidential field.
Clinton already struggled to appease the party's left flank during her 2016 run, and the litmus test issues have only moved further from her core policy center since.
It turns out taste these days — in Christmas decorations, at least — can be a litmus test for a person's politics and how they feel about the Trump administration.
Local elections in June, seen as a final litmus test ahead of next year's election, saw success for the centre-right in 15 of the country's largest cities.
DUBAI (Reuters) - Campaigning officially ended on Thursday for Iran's parliamentary election, a day before a vote seen as a litmus test of the popularity of the clerical establishment.
Cory Booker: Booker's protestations during the Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh were a perfect litmus test for views about him going into 2020.
"Russia is going to be the central litmus test for United States policy," said Heather A. Conley, a Russia expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who introduced a resolution on a Green New Deal earlier this year that become a sort of litmus test for progressive presidential candidates.
Jerry Brown (D) on Sunday said intelligence should be the deciding factor for Democratic Party candidates, suggesting that abortion as a litmus test would not be helpful nationwide.
Amazon: The e-commerce giant will report earnings after the bell, and investors want a litmus test on Amazon Web Services as well as the overall retail sector.
It should be noted — and this is important — that Sanders has said support for single-payer healthcare should not be a litmus test for Democrats running in 2018.
Unlike EMILY's List, there is no litmus test when it comes to abortion rights; if a woman is conservative and fits her district, E-PAC will support her.
"I don't know what the new litmus test is, and I'm really not sure if I can pass that according to some," he told the New York Times.
"There is a point in black Americans making a collective decision to treat a candidate's attitude toward reparations as a litmus test for supporting them," Dr. Darity said.
Blendon said he thought that for those younger voters, single-payer health care is kind of a litmus test for a candidate's commitment to equity and universal programs.
That effort briefly served as a similar litmus test in the wake of Trump&aposs zero-tolerance immigration policy, which led to family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Trump impeachment push emerges  as next Dem litmus test Democrats test-drive new midterm slogan  after first one is mocked Counterprotesters burn American flag outside office of U.S. Rep.
That's why off-year local elections in November -- races for county executives, town supervisors and village mayors -- will offer another litmus test on where the nation is headed politically.
Yingluck's critics see the rice case as a litmus test of the junta's sincerity in tackling corruption in politics, one of its promises after it seized power in 2014.
A better litmus test for Trump's stance toward Moscow will be the current US sanctions against Russia over its annexation of Crimea and support for rebels in eastern Ukraine.
And Vice President Pence was very clear earlier today in a T.V. interview conveying that litmus test was what would you do when it comes to Roe v Wade.
LONDON, Oct 283 (Reuters) - Lebanon's economic crisis is a litmus test for the resilience and domestic support of its banks as well as their potential for sparking contagion abroad.
Will you commit to voters tonight that religious liberty will be an absolute litmus test for anyone you appoint, not just to the Supreme Court, but to all courts?
Personal financial disclosures have become a litmus test for Democratic 224 hopefuls, as candidates link their tax disclosures with the long-standing fight to obtain President Trump's tax returns.
Or what if making offensive statements is a litmus test for blue-collar Republicans that proves a candidate is on their side and not part of the Washington establishment?
But the match was also something of a litmus test for artificial intelligence: the latest high-profile measure of our ambition to create machines that can out-think us.
That means that California's primary may serve as a litmus test of the party's interest in Sanders' liberal policies -- even if it won't sway the outcome of the nomination.
German daily Die Welt has labeled the Hesse vote the "litmus test" for Merkel ahead of her party's annual conference in December where she will be seeking re-election.
This so-called abortion rights "litmus test" has been in the news a lot lately, as Democrats try to form a cohesive, winning strategy following the losses in 2016.
The spring season in the housing market would be a key litmus test for whether the changes have worked, Royal Bank of Canada said in a note to clients.
Iowa and New Hampshire serve as the first two states in the presidential primaries while also acting as an early litmus test for those looking to capture the nomination.
And I wonder how these integrationists-at-all-costs can realize that jobs, incomes and people's welfare should be the litmus test of any further measures of shared sovereignty.
If there is ever a litmus test to be president, can't it be [that] you cannot have ever asked a stranger [if] your 210-year-old daughter is hot?
The Green New Deal has emerged as a key litmus test for prospective 2020 presidential candidates, with high-profile candidates jumping on board to back the progressive environmental pitch.
" Democratic strategist Stan Greenberg called a litmus test "a terrible idea," adding, "I think ultimately Mueller will find obstruction of justice, but I think there's a process for that.
Although the move by one of the world's largest sugar buyers will not impact demand overnight, it may serve as a litmus test for other manufacturers, industry sources said.
"I do have a litmus test, I have a bunch of litmus tests, because the next president could get as many as three appointments," the former first lady responded.
Back to U.S. presidential politics: One key litmus test for a reset of U.S.-Israel relations will be a decision to take the lead in blunting the BDS movement.
This August, when the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said the committee would not impose an abortion litmus test on its 2018 candidates, the pushback was fierce.
Ms. Murkowski has said that she will consider a nominee's view on the abortion rights case, but that it alone would not be a litmus test for her choice.
"Each team is very separate, but I think this sale is going to be a decent litmus test," one owner said at the league's annual meeting here in Orlando.
Such pressure suggests that the vote could have political reverberations if progressive-leaning voters treat it as a litmus test in future contests like the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries.
As with the Oscars and the Grammys, the James Beard awards have become a litmus test at a moment when race and gender inequities are rising to the surface.
The first asked what to do in the event Sanders fails to win the Democratic nomination; the second considered imposing a litmus test on candidates seeking DSA's national endorsement.
With so many executives and foreign officials scrapping plans to go to Riyadh, Mr. Mnuchin's attendance emerged as a litmus test for the United States' commitment to human rights.
There are also thousands of people who are not Republicans or gun owners who attend and fortunately, there isn't a political litmus test when you walk through the door.
Derided by the religious right for being pro-choice, we (and our governor) are spurned by progressive Democrats for not passing the litmus test of absolute support of abortion.
M.), the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), told The Hill last week that there would be no "litmus test" on abortion during the recruitment process. Rep.
The Saudi case is a litmus test of whether human rights and broader security concerns will have any role at all in the Trump administration's approach to arms trading.
In that year's platform, and in every subsequent platform, the Republican Party imposed an abortion litmus test (in the anti-abortion direction) on judicial appointments to the Supreme Court.
That's why many industry insiders and policy experts view it as a key litmus test for how other major corporate tie-ups will be handled under a Trump presidency.
The project ran into opposition from environmental groups, and blocking it became a litmus test of the green movement's ability to hinder fossil fuel extraction in Canada's oil sands.
" Separately, 60 former CIA officials warned Trump that "the country will be weakened if there is a political litmus test applied before seasoned experts are allowed to share their views.
This is an idea that no other 2020 Democrats support since it would violate the First Amendment by allowing the state to create an ideological litmus test for tax breaks.
In essence, Hispanic voters tell us our Party's position on immigration has become a litmus test, measuring whether we are meeting them with a welcome mat or a closed door.
Kerry said the trade deal was a "litmus" test of Washington's capacity to lead and was necessary if the United States wanted a steady and reliable presence in the region.
Between the lines: Although the political battle between these rival plans is playing out primarily as a litmus test in the 2020 Democratic primary, Democrats seem fine with either proposal.
The lawsuit has been seen by some legal experts as a litmus test for Southeast Asia's largest economy, which has launched its biggest drive for foreign investment in a decade.
Is Trump looking for a litmus test on Roe or Obergefell, the landmark Supreme Court cases from 1973 and 2015, respectively, in favor of abortion rights and same-sex marriage?
Amid Western scrutiny and a U.S. backlash towards Belt and Road, New Zealand's stance could be a litmus test on how other governments respond to China's trade and investment plan.
Why it matters: Caterpillar touches a diverse range of industries around the world, including U.S. oil and Chinese construction, and its growth serves as litmus test for global economic expansion.
Views on abortion and contraception quickly became a litmus test for the GOP, catalyzed by religious conservatives, who basically spoon-fed anti-choice rhetoric directly into the mouths of candidates.
Here's a good litmus test: If you're offended at the idea that real-life gamers are the most dreadful villains in video games then you're probably part of the problem.
In "Turning Pro-Life Blue," Jones examines the current debate within the Democratic Party over whether it should have a litmus test for its candidates on the issue of abortion.
But the confirmation vote has become such a referendum on America's stance on torture, and a political litmus test for Democrats, that she offered to withdraw, per the Washington Post.
Why it matters: Supporting some version of "Medicare for All" has become a litmus test for a lot of Democratic primaries in 2018, and will surely be one in 2020.
Be smart: This policy is only going to get more attention as we head into the 2020 presidential election, when it will likely be a litmus test for Democratic candidates.
Why it matters: The issue has become an important litmus test for those on the party's left and an early question for O'Rourke, who announced his presidential run on Thursday.
And in the 2020 presidential election Elizabeth Warren has become a litmus test for who among them know what America is, and what it stands for, and who does not.
I'm praying one day we'll end the self-defeating litmus test we demand before declaring our sisters worthy of respect based on how they look, pray, love or even vote.
But while Democratic candidates would very likely appoint judges and officials who support criminal justice reform broadly, few expect the death penalty to become a litmus test issue like abortion.
Forcing 2020 Democratic candidates to pick a side On the federal level, the left's goal is to make the Green New Deal a litmus test for Democrats across the country.
The I.P.O. is set to be a litmus test for other highly valued private tech companies, such as Airbnb and Lyft, which are also considering the public markets in 2019.
In each situation, there's a calculation to make, a subjective litmus test we use to assess the value of the disclosure: Is this information helpful for the patient to have?
It amounts to a bet that the litmus-test politics on the left around big contributors will not prove as potent as the funds Mr. Biden can collect from them.
If anything, though, these results aren't terribly surprising, and serve as further proof that the incident was a real litmus test regarding how different Americans perceive racial bias within America.
The two men, both Myanmar nationals, pleaded not guilty, and the case has been viewed as a litmus test of press freedom and democratic rights in the Southeast Asian country.
In Iran, the battle over the app has become something of a litmus test for Mr. Rouhani, whose popularity has dropped significantly since his re-election in May last year.
" In Mr. Williams's role as a producer, Mr. Melfi said, he was "a creative voice and litmus test, in terms of an African-American audience and the background of Virginia.
The litmus test for whether you believe in equality is not whether one wears a pin; it is whether you understand that equality is the linchpin of a democratic society.
The Virginia race is one of the few statewide elections this year and will be seen as a litmus test of sorts on Trump's first year in the White House.
" On passing bills before 2020: "These next few months will be a litmus test of whether Congress is going to be for the patient, the consumer — or for Big Pharma.
This "mixed response" to key individuals will also shape whether voters' are satisfied with the 4G's virus measures which is being "couched as a litmus test for them," Chong said.
Relatively new to the city, he posed the question as a litmus test, it seemed, to see who would answer honestly and who would strain to offer a contrarian response.
As a general litmus test, sit down and watch a long, graphic sex scene—say, from Nymphomaniac—with your dad and just really let the dynamic between you sink in.
Rather, for many Democrats, legalization has become a litmus test for candidates' commitment to equal treatment for all races in policing and criminal justice as well as fighting economic inequality.
Finance Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk regards the case as a "litmus test" for the effectiveness of the battle against corruption, success in which is vital for Ukraine to receive international credits.
However, there are signs that the impeachment litmus test -- like the ICE wedge before it -- might ultimately falter, as fractures in the party prevent a unified and effective front from forming.
When a story that a community believes is proved fake by outsiders, belief in it becomes an article of faith, a litmus test of one's adherence to that community's idiosyncratic worldview.
Further, it inserts a litmus test into the United States refugee admissions program that Vice President Pence and many of President Trump's current cabinet nominees would not be able to pass.
In a litmus test of delegates on December 1 by newspaper Bild Am Sonntag, only 269 said who they would vote for, the rest being undecided or not wanting to say.
The first litmus test of whether the two countries can resume talks will come this weekend, when Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin heads to the Group of 20 economic summit in Japan.
Potential 2020 presidential candidate Michael Avenatti is calling for a "full and complete FBI investigation" into Brett Kavanaugh, with impeachment on the line, to become a 2020 litmus test for Democrats.
In case you were wondering whether your best friend really, really loves you, this is the time of year to deploy the harmless litmus test known as dressing up your pet.
Heading into the midterms there was a lot of discussion, particularly within the Democratic Party, about whether there should be a litmus test when it comes to abortion and candidate support.
The White House opposed the measures and their support within the GOP was closely watched as a litmus test for loyalty among Republican members to the president in an election year.
Iowa's electorate may be the first litmus test of American voters — but it is far from representative when it comes to immigration issues, according to a pro-immigration technology lobbying group.
What's left is a music video that relies on the unconscious and deeply felt to be understood for what the hell it is; it's the perfect litmus test for the woke.
But the one constant, the one litmus test for Allies has always been based upon the commitment of all members to agree on common threats, to irrevocably identify friend from foe.
The Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote that Hawley "joins the left in trashing" Rao and argued that the GOP senator was trying to use a "litmus test" on Trump's nominee.
Democratic presidential hopefuls have been heavily critical of the states' bills, with many of them promising to codify Roe if elected and making abortion support a litmus test for court nominees.
The European Union had threatened to boycott the proposed rules unless they are diluted and agreeing a deal is seen as a litmus test for a global post-crisis regulatory consensus.
PrivatBank was taken under state control last year but the nationalisation spawned hundreds of lawsuits and investigations, in what Danylyuk described as a "litmus test" for the effectiveness of law enforcement.
Hillary Clinton's economic litmus test will come when she stands up to new free-trade agreements to block them, or instead, like every United States president before her, stands behind them.
The bond is seen as a litmus test for Greece, which is due to exit its 86-billion euro bailout in August but has been uncertain about attracting private sector interest.
Both sides believe they have the upper hand, making the election a litmus test for public opinion that could shape the messaging of both parties heading into the 2020 presidential election.
"Descheduling marijuana should and will likely be a litmus test in the 2020 Democratic primary," said Erik Altieri, the executive director of The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
In Vietnam, still smarting from the Trump administration's abandonment of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the NAFTA re-negotiation is viewed as a litmus test for America's engagement in the world.
Another litmus test for Patriots' D Despite the New England Patriots' defensive dominance, cries about the team's weak schedule grew louder when they allowed 25 points at Baltimore in Week 9.
She ran on Medicaid expansion as early as 2006, long before it had become a litmus test for the progressive flank of the Democratic Party, which often derides her as inauthentic.
But the country to watch as a litmus test of China's growing influence in Southeast Asia is Vietnam, Storey said, which has emerged as a surprising US ally in recent years.
And I do think that there are candidates who will try to make impeachment a litmus test in order to win primaries, which could have some negative implications in the fall.
But the Democratic Party's liberal activists warn of super PACs drowning out the voices of average voters and have sought to make rejecting big money a litmus test for Democratic candidates.
Tesla has won an Australian contract to install the world's biggest grid-scale battery, in what experts say will be a litmus test for the reliability of large-scale renewable energy.
And in a break with previous Republican presidents, he has embraced the idea of a litmus test for his Supreme Court nominees and pledged explicitly to name someone who opposes abortion.
In a bid to regain the upper hand, the Riksbank is planning a not-for-profit system for the instant settlement of payments, in a litmus test for other central banks.
Opponents of the religious exemptions call them state-sponsored discrimination that threaten anyone who does not meet an agency's "religious litmus test" and harm children by depriving them of prospective families.
A look at polling shows young people in particular like the idea of government-run health care, a sign it may soon be a litmus test for any Democratic presidential candidate.
In a race dominated by Trumpian nationalism, and with immigration restriction increasingly a litmus test for many conservative voters, Rubio's role in the "Gang of Eight" immigration bill is plainly a liability.
"This will be a litmus test for the governments — whether or not they are serious about what they have done in Paris," said Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency.
In fact, for many Democrats, support or opposition to net neutrality has become a litmus test that reveals how easily a candidate can be swayed by corporate lobbyists and fat campaign checks.
As the leaders of the committee, together we've created a litmus test for each recommendation put forward by the Select Committee: If implemented, would this help Congress better serve the American people?
ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox, plus the CW have traditionally been seen as a sort-of litmus test of the national mood, designed as they are to reach the widest possible audiences.
The S26 lineup's debut will be a litmus test for 5G's consumer appeal in the US, because it will now be available to a wider range of consumers from all major carriers.
How well it fares as a public company will also serve as a litmus test of whether it is possible to prosper in the shadow of digital behemoths like Facebook and Google.
"Thiel, a well-known supporter of President Trump, has no role in this project, but the ACLU imposes no political litmus test on our supporters or volunteers," Romero said in an email.
The vote is seen as a barometer of support for both parties, and a litmus test of Euroskeptic sentiment, and comes after disappointing regional election results for M5S and gains for Lega.
But what if the political left starts behaving like the political right, making support for implausible claims a litmus test of loyalty, declaring that anyone raising hard questions is ipso facto corrupt?
A good litmus test is to check in with your mind during quiet meditation to see how you're feeling, emotionally and mentally, about the ways you structure your day-to-day activities.
It's a scary litmus test that shows how nebulous and subjective information on the web has become, especially for the teenaged and older users who make up the biggest social media audience.
"Nationwide this is a hallmark Republican issue, but here it New Hampshire it's not so much of a litmus test," said Neil Levesque, executive director of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics.
So I think a litmus test is always just to say if we took the dollars out of it, is there a deal that we would want to do with this company?
Warren joins a small but growing contingent of Democrats in the Senate who are calling for ICE to be abolished or replaced as the issue quickly becomes a litmus test for Democrats.
Bannon, however, described that weekend after the Access Hollywood tape surfaced as a "litmus test" for who was truly in Trump's corner -- and it cost Christie a chance at a Cabinet position.
Michael Zimring, an infectious disease expert at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, addresses your winter bug bugaboos Is there a good litmus test for when I should keep away from the office?
Instead, Kudlow said a proposed gesture to reduce auto tariffs to zero would serve as a "litmus test" on China's commitments to fulfill a broad strokes agreement reached between the two leaders.
Speaking with Paychex CEO Marty Mucci on Wednesday, Cramer also took a litmus test of small- and mid-sized business optimism through the lens of one of the country's largest payroll operators.
What they do represent, however, is our firm belief that the country will be weakened if there is a political litmus test applied before seasoned experts are allowed to share their views.
Durant was an early litmus test for his readiness on the defensive end, and the Raptors have had no choice but to continue to measure Siakam against a host of different opponents.
He has made his proposal into a kind of litmus test for who is a "good Democrat," inveigling 16 of his colleagues — more than a third of Senate Democrats — into endorsing it.
They were scheduled for October after the government came under pressure from international donors, who see elections as the most basic litmus test for the democratic system they helped put in place.
The conference, known as the Future Investment Initiative, concluded in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on Thursday and served as a litmus test of sorts for where the prince's vast reform efforts stand.
Having spent years researching the reasons for the tragic collapse of democracy in 1930s Europe, Linz proposed a "litmus test," a list of actions by politicians that can put democracy at risk.
The optics might be bad, and for conservatives, the eventual outcome might be disastrous, but this was a primary election litmus test, and McConnell needed to make sure his caucus passed it.
The litmus test of success will be when those new units grow large enough to more than offset the steady erosion of its traditional hardware and software products, delivering revenue growth consistently.
He also opposed the annexation of Crimea, the prime litmus test of supposed treachery, a charge that Mr. Melikhov said was being applied to those who merely disagreed publicly with the Kremlin.
The Yankees, in contrast, were walking along that fuzzy line of contention as they emerged from the All-Star break to begin a four-game litmus test at Fenway Park on Friday.
Photos and videos from that moment flooded climate Twitter, and since then Sunrise has succeeded in positioning the Green New Deal as a sort of progressive litmus test for Demcoratic presidential hopefuls.
In a separate statement Friday, 60 former CIA officials said "the country will be weakened if there is a political litmus test applied before seasoned experts are allowed to share their views."
That's the stance shared by Democratic leaders who have argued for a big-tent and raised concerns that an "abortion litmus test" could hurt the Democratic push to take the House majority.
"The only litmus test for an attorney general should be a belief in the rule of law and the courage to defend and uphold the Constitution," Mr. Piper said in a statement.
Recently issued as a legislative manifesto by Ocasio-Cortez, it's taken over the Democratic conversation and turned into a sort of litmus test and is dragging the party left heading into 2020.
It will be a litmus test for Samsung in their bid to regain customers' trust, and analysts have said the company cannot afford another product safety slip-up in the next few years.
"It will be a clear litmus test as to who supports reproductive rights and who does not," Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan told a women's rally outside the state Capitol before the vote.
There was his flip-flop-flip on the Hyde Amendment, a restriction against federal funding of abortion that is still popular among a majority of Americans but suddenly a new progressive litmus test.
HOGUE: Because President Trump changed the rules of the game when he put a litmus test on the Supreme Court nominee, we think that there is actually -- we need an affirmative declaration, right?
Tracking the approval ratings for presidents is a good litmus test for how the public perceives the commander in chief and their respective party, especially heading into midterm elections in the following year.
"Trump is a wild card," Lichtman said, adding Bannon's appointment would be a litmus test for the President-elect to either jettison him or stick with him no matter how controversial he became.
The big picture: Medicare for All, a litmus test for 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, has dangled over stocks even though Wall Street firms know enacting that program would require several consecutive political miracles.
Here's what they'll do in the coming days, per a senior Senate aide: Establish a litmus test for Republicans who care about the integrity of the Russia investigation: to appoint a special prosecutor.
The easiest form of recommendation thus becomes comparing this to the director's previous efforts -- a litmus test that finds his latest film less fresh, surprising and consistently tension-filled than his very best.
The project ran into opposition from environmental groups in the United States and blocking it became a litmus test of the green movement's ability to hinder fossil fuel extraction in Canada's oil sands.
"The prosecution of these abhorrent crimes, which the FARC has long denied, is a litmus test for the credibility of the truth-based transitional justice scheme created as part of the peace talks."
Tim Smith, director of environmental, social and governance shareowner engagement at Walden Asset Management, said CDP is an important tool that investors use, but it isn't the only part of the litmus test.
I'll make my parents try it the next time they visit—I think that'll be a more telling litmus test than any length of time I, as a seasoned "gamer," spend with it.
"The litmus test is a candidate has to be representative of the values and interests of their district — not anybody else's district, not the national party — but their district," Hoyer told reporters Tuesday.
"It's a litmus test for Democrats and it's essential for any candidate who wants to earn the youth vote to show that they're ready to stand up for our generation's future," O'Hanlon said.
"It's a litmus test for the credibility of the council and its ability to engage with the needs of civilians on the ground," said John Fisher, the Geneva director of Human Rights Watch.
We had the litmus test already — seven years of free money, endless ‎QE, two huge fiscal stimulus packages and even this bizarre move to raise costs via tariffs and global supply chain disruptions.
And a number of candidates in such elections, including some elevated by Mr. Sanders, have said it is incumbent on them to frame their races as something more than a Trump litmus test.
Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon said the response to the scandal surrounding a leaked "Access Hollywood" tape during the 85033 presidential race was a "litmus test" for President Trump's Republican allies.
In the Year of the Woman, under President Trump and during the #MeToo era, abortion has largely become a litmus test for Democrats — except in Rhode Island, per NBC News' Alex Seitz-Wald.
Her case had been seen as a litmus test, with a win potentially triggering a flood of doping cases being challenged in domestic courts around the world and eroding the position of CAS.
They plan a full-court press to sell the pact on this presidential trip — characterizing its passage as a litmus test of American leadership — in hopes that the message will echo back home.
The litmus test for me came when I saw the Estate of Michael Jackson performing "live" at Madison Square Garden; the Estate's animation was flawless, including missed dance steps and occasionally fumbled lyrics.
In order to determine Scotty's size and weight, the paleontologists measured the size of the animal's femur, which is a tried-and-true litmus test for how much weight that bone can support.
The regional poll was being closely watched in Italy as a litmus test for national elections, expected early next year, and it exposed both the strengths and the weaknesses of Italy's political contenders.
Decline in anti abortion rights Democrats Classifying lawmakers as either supportive or opposed to abortion rights isn't black and white — it depends which legislation or action is being used as a litmus test.
There's a lesson in there, a litmus test that might be applied to choosing which story to write and which to discard: How close is it to the biggest dramas of professional sports?
Whether Mr. Zelensky can show that he is different from past leaders will be a decisive litmus test for his presidency — and for Ukraine's viability as a country moving closer to the West.
The victories bolstered the argument, advanced by some leading Democrats, that the party could peel away some of Mr. Trump's supporters in 2020 by avoiding "litmus test" battles and courting the political middle.
Andrew Kolodny, an academic who has served as a paid expert witness in litigation against Purdue, said universities were concerned that imposing an ethical litmus test on donors would compromise future fund-raising.
Thompson said that national Democrats like the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) should be conducting polls in every race, like Republicans do, as a litmus test of the party's chances in various races.
The reaction to the ripping moment is reminiscent of nothing so much as how a photo of Pelosi clapping at Trump during the 2019 State of the Union became a similar litmus test.
In an effort to discourage such remarks, particularly around our children, I suggested a simple litmus test: Would you be reluctant or embarrassed to make such comments outside the privacy of your home?
While we knew we were going to have to remind people of Donald Trump's litmus test — we were going to assume that every single person on the list met that litmus test — what we didn't know is that in Donald Trump's decision, we were actually going to have an easier time than we would have with some of the others who have [gone to] greater pains to hide their records on abortion rights and on a whole host of issues Americans care about.
The issue of reparations, which was kept on the fringes of mainstream political debate for decades, has emerged in the 2020 primary as a litmus test for Democrats vying to unseat President Donald Trump.
The company's fate on Wall Street also stands to serve as a litmus test of sorts that will help us understand if the age of overhyped social media companies is coming to a close.
The deal, which requires approval from regulators, is being watched as a litmus test for whether Beijing is relaxing curbs it imposed last year on A-share backdoor listings by overseas-listed Chinese companies.
The opposition CNRP did not fare badly in the vote, which many saw as a litmus test of its position ahead of the all-important national poll, winning about 43 percent of the vote.
What he's saying President Trump's only major GOP primary challenger said he was unsure whether he'd have a litmus test that a possible Supreme Court justice would have to vote to keep Roe v.
Hong Kong's democratic experiment is seen as a litmus test of Beijing's tolerance for eventual political reforms in mainland China, where calls for greater civil liberties and grassroots democracy have been growing, experts say.
This could simply be because the Iowa caucuses take place first in the Democratic primary calendar, and serve as a litmus test to help set the tone for many other races down the line.
The runoff vote was a litmus test, since it was a re-run of a vote held in May, before Britain voted to leave the European Union and Americans elected Donald Trump as president.
Why it matters: Europe has by far taken the most aggressive regulatory stance on protecting consumer privacy and will in many ways be a litmus test for regulating the currency of the data economy.
Eldorado's investment in northern Greece is among the biggest since the country's debt crisis began seven years ago and has long been viewed as a litmus test of Greece's resolve to attract foreign capital.
As the grandfather of eight, I have an easy litmus test for any president, regardless of his or her party: Can I tell my grandchildren to look to our president with pride and respect?
Medicare for all has become a sort of progressive litmus test among 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, and is a marker of where many Democrats are pushing for their party and the country to go.
While Sanders said the idea isn't a litmus test for Democrats, it's gained traction recently, with more than half of the House Democratic Caucus co-sponsoring a Medicare for All bill in the House.
Getting to the bottom of who was responsible, and whether anyone in senior management was aware of — or even encouraged — the cheating, will be the litmus test of how much cooperation credit Volkswagen receives.
"What they do represent, however, is our firm belief that the country will be weakened if there is a political litmus test applied before seasoned experts are allowed to share their views," they wrote.
It's rare, and Lord knows, especially as a pop music critic — sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, I endorse all three; I do not want to impose a moral litmus test on every artist.
But that awareness—the fact that you are grappling with whether you are "going crazy" or not—can be the litmus test to prove that you are not, in fact, having a psychotic episode.
Why this matters: The president is becoming a one-man litmus test for Republicans all over the country, proving the GOP has little room for an agenda or ideas that don't align with his.
Some advocates on the right, perhaps jockeying for their other candidates on Trump's list of prospective nominees, argued that Kavanaugh had not demonstrated sufficient hostility to Obamacare -- a regular litmus test for Republican politicians.
The first episode begins in a doctor's office, with Dave (Burd) giving a detailed description of his nether regions — a perfect litmus test for viewers deciding whether or not the series is for them.
The new Parliament will hold its first session on March 23 and will vote to elect the speakers of the Lower House and the Senate, a first litmus test to gauge the political majority.
"The Odebrecht scandal has become a sort of accountability litmus test for the countries that were tainted by it," said Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, who has long criticized Mexico's justice system.
"There is a slippery slope if you get very precious about holding out a litmus test for service on a board," said Reynold Levy, the former president of Lincoln Center and a philanthropy expert.
WASHINGTON — To Stephen K. Bannon, the political strategist who helped get President Trump elected but no longer speaks to him, the next few weeks will present his former client with the ultimate litmus test.
That sentiment, he said, was built among conservatives during the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, and exploded during the Obama presidency, with climate change denial becoming a kind of litmus test for conservatism.
And Bloomberg's thoughts on immigration — an issue that many Hispanics view as a litmus test, even if it is not generally a top kitchen table issue — were on target for the Bold PAC audience.
Under law, lawmakers do not need to find offsets for emergency funding, though that issue has become a litmus test for legislation among House Republicans, under pressure from conservative groups like the Heritage Foundation.
Her case had been seen as a litmus test - a win potentially would have triggered a flood of doping cases being challenged in domestic courts around the world and eroding the position of CAS.
The European Union Parliamentary elections this spring will be another litmus test for just how strong a grip nationalism has on Europe, although the growing right has already made itself apparent in national elections.
"His refusal to answer these questions leaves us with the inescapable conclusion that he has passed the Trump litmus test," said Mr. Blumenthal, who, like other lawmakers, found Judge Gorsuch personable and impressively prepared.
Did you -- when you were putting this and helping to put this list together for the president, did the president relay to you a basic, not a litmus test, but standards he was looking for?
One senior European diplomat said the next conflict would likely be over trade, describing Trump's attempt to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) — and his threats to abandon it — as a "litmus test".
What to watch: The administration's most decisive litmus test for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will come after Israel's April 9 elections, when it plans to unveil its much-touted "ultimate deal" Middle East peace plan.
The airport's future has become a litmus test of the president-elect's economic pragmatism and relations with business leaders, who have strongly backed the existing project, the biggest public works plan under way in Mexico.
"This was going to be my litmus test, and it proves that anyone can watch this movie if a 2½-year-old girl can watch it and be completely enthralled the whole time," Hammer joked.
That the term has outgrown Simone and that people can disagree with the creator of "fridging" might be the entire point — that the term is meant to be a discussion rather than a litmus test.
As a ThinkProgress post noted in April, undoing the Hyde Amendment has become a baseline litmus test for where Democrats stand on abortion, an issue that the party had broadly agreed upon in the past.
"What the healthcare bill does is serve as the first litmus test of the Trump/Republicans' ability to deliver on important legislative initiatives," said Steven Ricchiuto, chief U.S. economist at Mizuho Securities in New York.
The survey provides the first litmus test into the impact of last year's Psychoactive Substances Act—which banned the sale of new psychoactive substances (NPS) from head shops—on the supply and use of Spice.
"The greatest litmus test of Mr. Mahathir's commitment to the (opposition) is if he hands over power to Mr. Anwar, as he promised," said Fung Siu, regional manager for Asia at the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Last year, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) announced that support for reproductive freedom would not be a required litmus test for candidates — even though the Democratic Party platform is thoroughly and completely pro-choice.
This Is Us returned for its third season Tuesday night, and I didn't cry a single time — which, as you probably know, is the litmus test for how good an episode of the show is.
"He said a lot of things in that dissent that I think give you a road map of where he is in addition to what the president has said about a litmus test," she said.
Asked by anchor Van Jones of any deal breakers regarding the positions of potential candidates, Scott said he does not have a "litmus test on a specific issue," but will scrutinize each of their records.
"Housing-for-All" plans are becoming something of a litmus test for the ultra-progressives, and Omar's plan — which also seeks to address gentrification and lackluster investments in minority communities — is among the most sweeping.
The bond is seen as a litmus test for Greece, which is due to exit its 86-billion-euro bailout in August but has been uncertain about how much private sector interest it can attract.
"This isn't a litmus test on impeachment, but he's happy to support leaders who are not afraid to do the right thing and stand up to Donald Trump," said Aleigha Cavalier, NextGen America's communications director.
Meanwhile, Medicare for all has emerged as a litmus test for 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, with some wholeheartedly endorsing the concept and others backing more moderate proposals, such as letting younger Americans buy into Medicare.
Given President Trump's explicit litmus test of "pro-life," it is virtually certain that anyone on the list of 25 would vote to overturn Roe and very likely to dramatically cut back on health care.
The debate over tariffs has become a litmus test for Mr. Trump, putting his longstanding suspicion of free trade up against the equally fervent support for it among Republicans and members of his own administration.
"How much are we going to do a litmus test on every artist in terms of how they behave?" said Jock Reynolds, the director of the Yale University Art Gallery, which collects Mr. Close's work.
Support for legal recreational marijuana has unified the candidates — not as a bid for the stoner vote, but as a litmus test for commitment to equal treatment for all races in policing and criminal justice.
"Even if you don't call it a litmus test, this is what defines us: a willingness and a courage to make bold changes — not to just follow when it's all said and done," she said.
Banks' performances are often seen as a litmus test for overall economic health, and the latest numbers may offer clues to how much we should be worried about a recession — or whether we're overly paranoid.
She never expected then that she was about to enter into a yearslong legal dispute, one that might soon become a litmus test for lesbian, gay and transgender rights before the next US Supreme Court.
There's very little chance you'd have the power, money, or time to first become an expert sommelier and then test thousands of wines to pair them down to the perfect quarterly litmus test for yourself.
This monster who planned the ruin of Othello and Desdemona with the cold, deliberate passion of a suicide bomber, happens, alas, to be a member of our species — an extreme litmus test for that species.
The lessons at Hopi and North Dakota, British Columbia and the Amazon are a litmus test for the future of the human species about how we should tend to our one and only home planet.
"This budget vote will be a litmus test for Republicans who claim to be conservative, but are only too happy to grow the federal government and increase our debt," Paul said in an emailed statement.
But Mr. Soros has failed the only litmus test that seems to count for Israel's current leadership: unconditional support for the government, despite its policies of occupation, discrimination and disregard for civil and human rights.
Mr. Hawley, for his part, risks alienating members of his caucus and has drawn criticism from legal scholars, as well as conservative groups that do not want abortion to become a litmus test for judges.
Similarly, there was nothing specific on nukes in Tuesday&aposs declaration — and no joint affirmation of the goal of "complete, verifiable and irreversible" dismantlement that Trump&aposs aides had previously made the litmus test for success.
Canevello said to release the grip that self-esteem has on our lives, we should look at it as a kind of social litmus test—but not a sensation that is coupled with overall self-worth.
And the issue appears to be turning into a litmus test among the Democratic base, some of whom took it upon themselves to topple a statue of a Confederate soldier in Durham, North Carolina, on Monday.
"In this part of the world, which is the largest emerging market in the world, TPP is seen as a litmus test for U.S. leadership," Ben Rhodes, Obama's deputy national security adviser, told reporters on Monday.
Making up fake mushroom names is motivated by the same impulse that drives people on 4chan to use "triforce" as a litmus test (newbies can't figure out how to properly post three triangles onto the board).
The decision holds national implications due to its high tier in the judicial system, and because it's seen as a litmus test of the Trump administration's ability — or inability — to curb LGBT rights through court activism.
Background: In light of our reporting that Democrats are already privately talking about the impeachment of Brett Kavanaugh as a 2020 campaign issue, I asked Avenatti today whether he thought impeachment should be a litmus test.
There's an early moment that doubles as a litmus test: driving a Trans Am (with an unfortunate but era-appropriate Confederate flag license plate emblem), Bandit eludes a police cruiser by zipping onto a side street.
Every CES after that, especially following Facebook's $2 billion acquisition in 2014, became both an opportunity to see how far the hardware had advanced and a litmus test for the commercial viability of the overall package.
But the question of priorities and procedure will be more important in assessing whether candidates are serious about keeping their promise — or whether the issue has become just one more litmus test in the 2020 campaign.
And while SXSW has long lost the innovative glimmer that once made it a debut destination for Twitter more than a decade ago, it remains a litmus test for where the culture of technology is headed.
Then a man like Brock Lesnar becomes a litmus test, an unblinking assessment of your place in the world, a way to define yourself, and proof (to yourself, if no one else) of your continued relevance.
Norway's decision on the copper mine has been viewed as a litmus test for the Arctic, where climate change and technology are enabling mineral and energy extraction, shipping and tourism, but threatening traditional ways of life.
" When asked if Mueller's past political donations, including potentially to a party other than the presidents', would disqualify him from serving as special counsel, Sanders said, "I don't know that we're putting out a litmus test.
Investors are dialing back hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump will swiftly enact his agenda, with a Thursday vote on a health-care bill a litmus test which could give stock investors another reason to sell.
Activists are confronting candidates in front of video cameras, trying to convince them to abandon support for ethanol — a longtime litmus test for winning the battleground state of Iowa, which holds the first presidential nominating contest.
"The success of this bond issue will be the litmus test and a crucial precursor for the anticipated Aramco IPO within the next two years," said Salah Shamma, head of investment, MENA equities, at Franklin Templeton.
"The new governor has passed the litmus test, though with 50 percent marks," said Mahajan, co-convenor of the Swadeshi Jagran Manch, adding that the rate cut should have been at least half a percentage point.
U.S. crude inventories, widely viewed as a litmus test of the broader trend in global inventories, are expected to have risen by 1.7 million barrels in the week to March 30, according to a Reuters poll.
As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton said she feared China's "chokehold on the sea lanes" and saw freedom of navigation through the South China Sea as a litmus test in the rivalry between the two powers.
The special election, which will fill a seat left vacant when incumbent Republican congressman Tim Murphy quit amid personal scandal, is an early litmus test for the GOP tax message, said Ford O'Connell, a Republican strategist.
I'm concerned that these efforts may be an attempt to apply an ideological 'litmus test' to career civil servants and to single out employees whose views on climate change may differ from the incoming Trump administration.
A friendly board game is litmus test for those human colons that get angry when they lose, berate others for making non-optimum choices, or otherwise prioritize an utterly pointless points-based victory over social interaction.
Schwarz, as he listened, grew furious: He believed that the methodology of the survey was flawed, and he indignantly objected to the idea of the P-curve as a kind of litmus test aimed at individuals.
Akin to Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the United States, "Singles' Day" has become something of a litmus test for the strength of Chinese consumption, which is coming under pressure amid rising trade Sino-U.
"We are not a partisan organization, we are not a political organization, so we don't have a litmus test for whom we take gifts from based on policies or politics," said Mr. Weiss of the Met.
The resolution to create a "litmus test" for national endorsements, which are filtered up from the local chapters, failed narrowly on Saturday after an organizer from the host state made an impassioned plea to the delegates.
However, by tracking the number of new cases per day and by seeing that number decrease consistently over time, I think that's really a good litmus test for knowing that perhaps the peak is behind you.
The case, which was featured last year on a television program called "Posh Neighbors at War," became a litmus test of sorts for British tolerance of creativity and eccentricity, as well as a proxy class war.
"At the start of the cycle I was hoping against hope Medicare for All wasn't going to be a litmus test for the party," Manley said, but noted that more and more it seems to be.
Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, chided ambitious Democrats for casting Kavanaugh as fulfilling a Trump anti-abortion litmus test, pointing to Hillary Clinton saying she'd choose Supreme Court justices who would uphold Roe v. Wade.
One risk, in a heavily contested primary, is that momentous questions, such as whether to impeach Trump, or to abolish ICE , will be reduced to a litmus test—a matter of hands raised on a stage.
While DAGA is the first Democratic political organization to institute a cut-and-dried abortion litmus test for candidates, it isn't the first time the party leadership has made efforts to eliminate intraparty discussion about abortion.
In the case of cultural litmus test issues, Olsen argues, newly recruited white working-class converts to Trump's Republican Party do not consider conservative dogma on gay rights, abortion, gender identity, or traditional marriage their priority.
Union representative Peter Stattmann told journalists all bills had been paid so far but that the next "litmus test" would be August wages in the two-digit millions of euros, due at the end of the month.
While not always an accurate litmus test for scams on their own, the supply schedule and mining structure of an ICO can be used to cross-reference other data points and validate the intention of the founders.
But as I tried dozens of powder, liquid, and cream formulations, my hunt for a replacement went from weeks to months to years; oddly, not a one had passed what I thought was a reasonable litmus test.
This movie isn't for everyone, but I think I've figured out a simple litmus test to determine whether you're in the target audience: Do you want to see Jason Momoa face off against a multi-tentacled monster?
And if Issa thinks this will persuade GOP primary voters, who are desperate for some fresh energy and haven't faced a sexual orientation litmus test since the blackberry retired, he is just not that good at politics.
It will be remembered by future generations as one of the lowest points in our history, and the stance of companies and people on this issue will be a litmus test for their ethical fortitude going forward.
Last month, Abigail Thompson, a professor of mathematics and department chair at the University of California, Davis, wrote a scathing opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal calling out the university's ideological litmus test for job applicants.
The Oklahoma trial is seen as a sort of litmus test for plaintiffs of some 1,600 cases against Purdue Pharma and other opioid manufacturers being consolidated and transferred before a judge in the Northern District of Ohio.
The big picture: While obtaining President Trump's tax returns has become something of a white whale for the left since the 2016 presidential election, personal financial disclosures could become a litmus test among Democratic candidates in 2020.
"This is a litmus test, putting the finger on the pulse of the country to see if Trump's rhetoric is really popular, to see how it's turning out for people who did vote for him," she said.
Before becoming secretary, Price represented Georgia's 6th district in Congress and he happened to be visiting on the day his seat was up for grabs in what was seen as a litmus test on the Trump presidency.
For Pitaro, who took over ESPN in March after John Skipper resigned in December to address what he has described as a cocaine problem, ESPN+ may become a litmus test for his first months on the job.
So, while the intent behind the president's executive order may be debated, religion for most in the United States is not a litmus test for becoming a true American; nor is being born in the United States.
Sanders's popularity with the liberal grass roots has made it difficult to imagine Democrats selecting a nominee in 2020 who doesn't back single-payer; still, some progressive groups and Sanders insist it shouldn't be a litmus test.
By the next day, it had become a litmus test of artistic freedom in Germany, after the public broadcaster ZDF first pulled the show from its digital archive then restored it minus the reading of the poem.
But Rubio countered in a Fox News op-ed last week that trying to expand the courts had become a "litmus test" for White House hopefuls and stemmed from an "ugly, winner-take-all rhetoric" among progressives.
George D. Kent, a senior State Department official, said he had told Mr. Zelensky that his willingness to break with Mr. Kolomoisky — "somebody who had such a bad reputation" — would be a litmus test for his independence.
The debate about whether to repeal the Affordable Care Act appears to be over, as national Democrats have turned their attention to the Medicare for All proposals that are a litmus test for their party's presidential candidates.
Speaking at a Democratic presidential forum on Wednesday night, a person in the crowd asked Clinton whether she would impose a "litmus test" upon potential Supreme Court justices other than on the issue of being pro-abortion.
Talks were seen as a litmus test of whether a lasting deal can be reached before March 2, when the Trump administration plans to hike tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods from 10% to 25%.
As President Trump turns his proposed monument of cement or steel slabs into a litmus test of how politicians feel about the dividing lines between the US and Mexico, Democrats can demonstrate that this is simply disinformation.
"Successful implementation of the pension reform, without which the expenditure rule cannot be met in the medium term, will be a litmus test for the ability of the authorities to implement further structural reforms," the survey said.
The government has previously described the saga as a litmus test for its ability to fight corruption, nearly five years after pro-Western politicians came to power following the Maidan 2014 street protests promising to deliver change.
The talks were seen as a litmus test of whether a lasting deal can be reached before March 2, when the Trump administration plans to hike tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods from 10% to 25%.
WASHINGTON — It has been practically a given that anyone nominated for a federal judgeship by a Republican president had to pass an unspoken litmus test — usually on abortion but often on any number of divisive social issues.
Medicare for all was once cast as a litmus test for the Democratic presidential field, but at this point most of the candidates favor this sort of optional approach, with a mix of public and private insurance.
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Tuesday that a reduction in Chinese tariffs on U.S. cars and agricultural and energy commodities would be a "litmus test" for whether U.S.-China trade talks were on track.
Referred to as a bellwether, it is intended as a litmus test for some 2,20153 cases filed by cities, counties and tribes nationwide, that have been consolidated in federal court under Judge Dan A. Polster in Cleveland.
Instead, it's common to hold up a district as a litmus test where the challenging party has a good opportunity to break through — the sort of district it will need to retake the House, like Georgia's Sixth.
These are usually taken with a pinch of salt, and big EU investors are currently eyeing the country's massive tenders for 5G equipment as the real litmus test of whether the country is serious about opening up.
And so when we think about generalized artificial intelligence and the hope of creating a sentient artificial life, I think this litmus test starts to get at the real challenge of what this technology can even be.
So for Trump, in a lot of ways, the populism and the willingness to take on his own party establishment — as long as he is able to check a few marks on litmus test issues — is enough.
"For me, the question of how we deal with the migration question is something of a litmus test for the future and the unity of Europe, and the interests of every country must be considered," she said.
Liberal lawmakers and pundits, emboldened by bipartisan outrage over President Trump&aposs summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, have kicked up calls to pursue impeachment -- indicating the issue could fast become the next litmus test for Democratic candidates.
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Gradually, the amount of milk I produced per pumping session became a litmus test of my self-worth, officially replacing my weight or my age or my cup size as a quantification of my value as a woman.
The foil case, the first the U.S. aluminum industry has brought against China's aluminum sector, could serve as a litmus test for the "Section 232" decision and other aluminum anti-dumping cases aimed at curbing excess Chinese production.
Speaking at Thomson Reuters' London office, Carney said the outcome of Brexit for financial services would be a "litmus test" for global banking rules and warned against the temptation to try to put up barriers to capital flows.
Widodo's political ally Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, the ethnic Chinese Christian incumbent, was resoundingly defeated by Muslim rival Anies Baswedan in a vote seen as a litmus test of the secular traditions of the world's largest Muslim-majority country.
LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC's extended oil supply deal faces a litmus test in the next couple of months while summer demand kicks in, as wary oil traders and investors will need evidence, rather than reassurance, that rebalancing is underway.
There is a general consensus within the international community of the need for Security Council reform, and I see support for reforms as a litmus test of the seriousness of a nation's desire for global peace and security.
"Pakistan represents a litmus test of all future cases in which the IMF, United States, China, and any emerging market country are all involved," analysts at the Center for Strategic and International Studies said in a recent note.
Robert M. Pirsig, who wrote Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, an investigation into the metaphysics of modern rationality, notes that the litmus test for a functioning machine is the satisfaction and tranquility it provides the user.
Elections next month in this prosperous southern state, its wine-producing neighbor Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony Anhalt in the east will serve as a litmus test of Merkel's migrant policies ahead of the next federal vote in 2017.
Rota's dramatic departure has triggered yet another crisis for the city's 5-Star administration, which won power last year in what was seen as a litmus test of whether the anti-establishment group was ready to run Italy.

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