Word: metering
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...race against Princeton was our first 2000-meter piece of the year,” said Barnhart. “We’d only been on the water for a week and a half, but we had some good practices, so we felt confident. It was pretty disappointing...
...diving boards, junior Enrique Roy took 24th on the 1-meter, finishing with 266.40 points. On the 3-meter, Roy encountered a little more difficulty, placing 35th with 207.65 points...
...main source of income for locals, who live along prime beachfront real estate and spend their days plying the waters of the South China Sea. Instead of hawking trinkets on the beach, the town's children are commercial fishermen, too, venturing out to sea in thung chai, two-meter-wide circular baskets made of bamboo and pitch that can only be paddled standing up. Old superstitions linger: before a new boat makes its maiden voyage, families paint eyes on its bow. If left unpainted and hence blind, they believe, their vessel will never find fish...
...about 75 percent of shops were open; by Wednesday less than half were still doing business. People were buying gas and jerrycans, and plastic sheeting for windows in case of a chemical weapons attack. Gas went from 50 cents a gallon to $2, plastic sheeting from 25 cents a meter to 65 cents...
...others less versed in classical drama, the learning curve has been even greater. Many of the cast members do not speak Latin, so learning the songs in the original language has been difficult. Even for classicists, the unusual meter in which the songs are written has forced them to adjust their typical reading style...