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...just beer. Beer from a three-liter can. Do you realize how big a three-liter can of beer is? You practically need...

Author: By Bryan Lee, | Title: Nagano a No-Go | 2/18/1998 | See Source »

...tiny plane, half the length and one-tenth the weight of the F-16, the Air Force's smallest fighter. But its standard, 160-hp engine was not powerful enough to do spins and loops in the thin Rocky Mountain air over the mile-high academy. So a 7.7-liter, 260-hp engine was crammed into the 25-ft.-long plastic fuselage. With its enhanced power, the two-seat T-3 can fly 200 m.p.h. and make gut-wrenching turns in which the crew endures up to six times the force of gravity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Deadly Trainer | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

Guests are prohibited from bringing in any alcohol and residents can bring in a six-pack of beer or a one-quart or one-liter bottle...

Author: By Elizabeth S. Zuckerman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MIT Frat Probed Following Poisoning | 12/2/1997 | See Source »

...impossible. Iraq has also been tinkering with other methods. Before the Gulf War it had several hundred Italian-made pesticide dispensers fitted with spray nozzles for spitting out bioweapons in droplet size. In 1990 the Iraqis flight-tested a remote-controlled MiG-21 fighter mounted with a 2,200-liter belly tank and sprayer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERM WARFARE | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

...didn't notice," said Trent Taylor, a third-year law student, who was drinking a bottle of Diet Coke in the Green-house. "But $1.50 is pretty expensive. I know you can get a liter of this Coke for the same price...

Author: By Nanaho Sawano, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Prices Rise at HDS Eateries | 10/21/1997 | See Source »

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