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Word: meters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years before Texans ask for 38-liter hats, or a Miss America measures 91-66-91, or a new Hank Aaron hits a towering 109-meter home run. Inevitably and irreversibly, however, the metric system is coming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Think Metric | 6/9/1975 | See Source »

...Children at Denver's Harrington Elementary School took part in the first city-organized metric track meet, a 91-meter dash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Think Metric | 6/9/1975 | See Source »

Wisconsin was seeded sixth, and was in the first heat with Yale on Sunday morning. The Badgers quickly disposed of any notions that Yale might be the best in the East, upsetting the Elis by a stunning two lengths on the 1000-meter course...

Author: By James E. Mcgrath, | Title: Radcliffe Crew: Continuing a Winning Tradition | 5/16/1975 | See Source »

Lowell finished second while Adams just edged Winthrop for third over the long 1500 meter course. Mather finished fifth and Quincy, which was bumped by the Kirkland boat shortly after the start, placed sixth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot House Crew Wins Race | 5/14/1975 | See Source »

Radcliffe took a two-seat lead over Wisconsin after only ten strokes and never let up, increasing the margin to five seats after 500 meters and eight after 750 meters. The boat won the 1000-meter contest in 3:00.8, almost a length (three seconds) over Wisconsin. Yale was third...

Author: By James E. Mcgrath, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Radcliffe Heavies Demolish Wisconsin In Easterns; B.U. Tops Lightweights | 5/12/1975 | See Source »

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