Word: meters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson outlasted a six-boat field to win the Herschede Cup for the national title. Trailing Northeastern and Penn, Harvard stroked a power 20 after the 1000-meter mark, pulling out to a half-boat length lead. The Crimson extended its lead to the final margin of victory by the 1500-meter mark...
...seems like something out of George Orwell: television sets souped up so they can watch viewers watching them. Last week Nielsen Media Research, purveyor of the make-or-break TV ratings, announced plans to develop just such a gizmo. The "passive people meter," a computerized camera system, would sit atop sets in thousands of households, keeping an eye on every move that viewers made...
...reaction of advertisers and broadcasters to Nielsen's new meter has been generally positive. With $25 billion in annual ad revenue at stake, the industry has an interest in accurate audience measurements. The one uncertainty, assuming the system works, is how viewers would react to the presence of a camera-like device in their homes. Nielsen officials take pains to point out that the machine would not transmit pictures -- only data about who is watching what...
Until then, toilet paper will remain a rarity in city hall rest rooms. The city cannot even afford new bulbs for its traffic lights. Parking meters work, but nobody feeds them because there is no money to hire meter maids. Garbage collection stopped for several months after the city fell $262,000 behind in payments to its trash contractor, and remains sporadic at best. Residents routinely dump garbage in vacant lots or abandoned buildings. As fast as buildings are boarded up to stop looting and dumping, thieves steal the plywood. Bob's Board-Up Service in St. Louis no longer...
Rainey, who now holds Harvard records in the 200-, 400- and 800-meter runs, gained 10 meters across the final 200 meters of the race, and finished five meters ahead of her nearest competitor...