Word: metrication
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last year, several meet records fell, not only in the running events where the debut of metric distance in 1979 opened the way for new marks, but also in the 35-lb, weight and in the high jump. Competition in the field events should be strong again this year, with Penn and Dartmouth highly favored...
...meter run will pit defending 1980 Heps champion Jeff Hill of Penn against Harvard's co-captain Mare Chapus, who holds the University record in the 440 yd. run as well as the metric facility secord. Hill's 48.79 is a Heptagonal record, but Chapus reached 48.5 seconds last December, setting a University record and should be tough to beat...
...factor may have been the recent conversion to metric distances, which automatically rendered all standing GBC records obsolete. Another was the British invasion of two world-class B.U. imports who combined to win six different events, often finishing one-two well out in front of the rest of the pack...
...export 1.53 billion bu. of wheat in the current fiscal year, compared with a record 1.38 billion last year. The average price is expected to climb from $3.82 per bu. to more than $4. Exports of corn and other coarse grains are likely to increase from about 73 million metric tons in fiscal 1980 to 76 million...
...success of the 1980 harvest is especially pleasant because the year began so poorly when the grain embargo temporarily disrupted commodity markets and drove prices down. The Federal Government was forced to buy up some 16.5 million metric tons of grain to stabilize prices...