Word: metered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Editor sank back into the cushions of the taxi and wished the meter wouldn't tick so often. In Detroit you can make a bargain with the chauffeur, but New Englanders have no sense of humor when it comes to money. Beacon Street is so far away. But damn the expense, there is always a wastebasket for regular bills. And tonight, tonight would be worth a King's Ransom...
...meter-39.37 in.-represents a distance very close to null of a line around the earth passing through its poles. The yard is an arbitrary unit of unknown derivation. These were not the reasons for the A. A.U.'s step. Athletes of all nations except the U. S. and the British Empire measure distances in meters. The International Amateur Athletic Federation lists world's records only for metrical distances. Because U. S. athletes compete at metrical distances only once every four years-before and during Olympic games -they fail to get their share of world's records...
...famed "Ding" character is the stalwart, chin-whiskered Iowa farmer, sound of sense and strong of spirit. Last week at Van Meter. Iowa, death came to white-bearded, 85-year-old Samuel H. Cook who 20 years ago first inspired Cartoonist Darling with his rural character. Mr. Cook appeared at Mr. Darling's office door at the Des Moines Register. Declared Mr. Darling last week: "As I looked up I saw a commanding figure 6 ft. tall, with the strength of a giant in his powerful hands and arms. With his ruddy cheeks, blue overalls and a kindly twinkle...
...Bradford, England, so sure was bookmaker Harry Ball that a horse named Gold Meter would not win the Harewood Plate last October that he cried: "?5 a week for life to half a crown!" Snapped Frank Waite. bookmaker's clerk: "I'll take that bet!" Gold Meter won. Last week Tattersall's committee settled the ensuing dispute by awarding Clerk Waite ?5 a week for one year (about $966), or odds of 2.080 to 1. An insurance company quoted the life annuity at ?4.873 (about $17,942), or odds...
...Gene Venzke, 23-year-old runner of Pottstown, Pa.: a 1,500-meter race in Manhattan; with a new world's indoor record, his third this year...