Word: grams
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...case like this. Bristow had been a rising star at a county district attorney's office, but then he refused to prosecute a case that could have sent a man with two prior felony convictions to prison for 25 years to life for possession of a minuscule 0.23 gram of cocaine. The D.A. asked him to resign. He's now a public defender, and was given a Conscience Award by the state's A.C.L.U. Says he: "Everyone should stand up for what they believe...
...three-ounce serving of rice pilaf, for example, served at dinner on January 18, contained 42.89 calories and 4.81 grams of fat, according to the sign. Since one gram of fat is equivalent to nine calories, that means the dish contained 43.29 calories from fat--more calories from fat per serving than total calories...
Nutrition cards do not offer all the vital information about a meal. While the card makes it clear that a single serving of Broccoli Souffle contains a whopping 41.40 gram of fat, it contains no warning that the fat content from two servings meet the daily allowances for men and exceeds the those for women...
...site is more choked by red tape than Rocky Flats, in part because of its severe contamination problems. Plutonium is so toxic that inhaling a fraction of a gram can be fatal. At Rocky Flats there are 14 tons of this silver-gray metal spread all over the place. Aging buildings are tainted by plutonium spills from leaking pipes, valves and containers, and from compartments known as "infinity rooms" because their level of radioactivity is so high. Barrels of radioactive waste are stacked 15 ft. high. Fields contaminated with radioactive oil are covered by only a layer of asphalt...
...agree that there needs to be a flourishing program. But such a pro- gram cannot flourish in the absence of concrete courses," said Veronica S. Jung '97, AAC co-chair...