Word: metrical
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...analysis by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), by 2020 cumulative consumer savings from the extra hour of sunshine will reach $4.4 billion, and the lowered energy use will eliminate the need to build more than three large electric power plants and prevent nearly 10.8 million metric tons of carbon emissions from contributing to global warming. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), who introduced the DST amendment with Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), says other benefits include reduced crime, fewer traffic fatalities, more recreation time and increased economic activity. "The entire population is active at 6 p.m. versus...
NASCAR's ratings may have fallen, but at least one Nielsen metric has gone up: wine consumption among NASCAR fans jumped 22% in 2006 compared with the previous year, according to a Nielsen Sports survey. Former racer Randy Lynch helped drive the increase as the first team owner to slap a wine logo on a stock car--in 2003--for his Bennett Lane brand,which has received 90+ scores from Wine Spectator. This year Richard Childress, owner of three Nextel Cup teams and two Busch series teams, will target first-time wine drinkers with his Childress Classic, a checkered-flag...
...internet. In the half decade since they last released a full-on LP, the boys from Virginia Beach have seen some psychic scarring. Blame the drug game. “I’m on touch with the keys, move over Alicia / I force feed ya the metric scale,” cracks Pusha in the first verse of intro “We Got It For Cheap.” And while the braggadocio doesn’t entirely disappear, it gets stirred up with anxiety. The album is laced with regret, and Malice does his fair share...
...snow-covered peak, as its trademark. Since its launch, the Montblanc pen has revolutionized the industry, elevating beautifully crafted writing instruments to designer status in the ever growing luxury stratosphere. The most expensive model, the limited-edition Meisterstck Solitaire Royal, is decorated with 4,810 pav diamonds (the metric height of Mont Blanc). A version of that pen entered the 1994 Guinness Book of Records as the most expensive fountain pen in the world. For more modest fans like Ernest Hemingway, however, the standard Montblanc model served the purpose well enough...
...increasing enthusiasm for issues such as climate change and energy independence, thanks in large part to national media and to the successful publicity campaigns of student groups like the EAC this fall. Now is the time to capitalize on that enthusiasm. According to the EAC, FAS produces 100,000 metric tons of carbon emissions each year. An 11 percent reduction of this number would be consistent with the policy already in place in 31 American cities and Yale University’s recent pledge to reduce emissions by 10 percent. We have faith that given a message of support from...