Word: meridiem
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...even more compelling reason to keep sunlight on the post meridiem end of the day, though, is physical safety. The Department of Transportation found that in March and April of 1974 and 1975, when observance of Daylight Saving Time was lengthened as a response to the oil crisis, 50 lives were saved, 2000 injuries prevented, and $28 million saved in avoided traffic accidents. While the early part of the morning commute might have been a shade darker, travel home from work and became much safer for taking place earlier with respect to sunset—including at Harvard where sexual...
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