Word: metrics
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Continent uses the metric system, and adult Britons sometimes learn this by struggling futilely to adjust nuts scaled in centimeters on their stalled Volkswagens by using British wrenches that are built on inches. But help is on the way: the British government last week announced that over the next ten years Britain will convert to the metric system...
...advantage both at home and abroad is that the decimal base of the metric system makes it far easier to perform calculations. More important is the fact that Britain has its eyes on increased exports to Europe. In the past decade, the proportion of Britain's exports going to countries using the metric system, primarily in Europe, has risen from 40% to 50%. Even though the changeover will cost heavy industry, from machine tools to autos, millions in retooling expenses, businessmen were enthusiastic. The Association of British Chambers of Commerce maintained that it was "absolutely delighted...
...arts should follow Ponti's example!" It is an interesting thought, but in the face of church opposition, few Italian politicians of any party are anxious to fight out the issue. As Rome Lawyer Ercole Graziadei wryly puts it: "The day will come when England will adopt the metric system and China will use the Latin alphabet. But Italy will still forbid divorce...
...because of the disparity between France's low-cost farm efficiency and Germany's cosseted high-cost output. Mansholt proposed an obvious solution: fix wheat, which is the key to the whole farm price scale, roughly halfway between the German and the French prices, at $106.25 per metric...
...vital to national industries as the world grows smaller, has been frustrated by interminable discussions about inches v. centimeters, dollars v. pounds, and Fahrenheit degrees v. Celsius. A recent meeting of 35 nations in New Delhi to study standards spent the entire session before agreeing just to standardize the metric screw -a process that will take many years...