Word: celsius
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...just a vaguely unpleasant memory for most consumers. The highway signs are largely gone, and the pumps dole out gas mostly by the gallon again. The few visible monuments to metric conversion include liter bottles of soda and liquor, time-and-temperature signs that * still flash degrees in Celsius, and gram equivalents on food containers...
...laboratory, the doctors treated the marrow with B-1, an antibody that kills the tumor cells. The doctors then froze the marrow at -196 degrees Celsius, enabling it to live for an indefinite amount of time...
...most frightening manifestation of this dread disease is what I've come to call temperature mania." It's that everwhelming desire, nay passion, to know the exact temperature in both Fahrenhett and Celsius. The worth of everyday comes to be measured in degrees and the mention of rain can throw a damper (pun intended) on the entire week Forget papers, studying for finals, even extracurriculars. What really counts is that it is sunny and warm and the smell of spring...
Because they are natural food scavengers, roaches prefer to live near kitchens and other food areas. All breeds, except the Oriental cockroach, thrive in warm temperatures--around 30 degree celsius. The German roaches live best in warm climates, but most other breeds prefer damp areas like sewers...
Describing the condition he has popularized as "nuclear winter," the noted scientist showed how two nuclear strikes could reduce the sunlight to only five percent of its normal intensity and lower surface temperatures to .23 Celsius...