Word: furlong
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...them. It's goodbye to the pound, the ounce, the gill (4 fl. oz.) and the rod (a quarter of a chain). But the furlong will stay because it occurs only in sports, as will the troy ounce (31 g, vs. 28 g for the standard ounce) because gold-bullion operations couldn't survive without it. As for the pint, the measure of morning milk and evening ale for millions, London hopes the Community will agree that it just wouldn't be cricket to abolish...
...carries away the impression that virtually everything in the new wing -- from its roomful of Paul Klees (a gift from that doyen of European art dealers, Heinz Berggruen) to its enormous, rambling and rhapsodical environment by Robert Rauschenberg, 1/4 Mile or 2 Furlong Piece -- sits in the right place and space. This is no small architectural achievement. Roche Dinkeloo's plan avoids the inflexible, linear character of many museum layouts, seen at its worst at the Guggenheim, which propels the visitor on a one-way trip down the tunnel of art history; instead, the Met wing invites one to reflect...
Midfielders: John Harks (Virginia), Gary Furlong (Maryland), Mark Francis (SMU) Forwards: George Gelnovatch (Virginia), John Kerr (Duke), JOHN CATLIFF (HARVARD), Guy Furara (Phil. Textile...
...Yard is dark and dingy. It needs color andenrichment," said John Furlong, the director ofthe Radcliffe Seminar program on the history oflandscape design...
...Furlong cf 3 0 0 0 Gquinto 1b 3 0 1 0 Otto p 4 0 0 0 Adams If 4 1 1 0 Schwgmn c 4 1 1 0 Naughtn 3b 3 0 1 0 Berstka 3b 1 0 0 0 Brown rf 1 0 0 0 Kopfler rf 3 0 0 1 Holland ss 3 0 0 0 Nyhan ss 1 0 0 0 Azzolini 2b 4 0 0 0 Total...