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Castro no, convertibles si...
...lawmakers have waffled for decades over proposals to switch to the world standard of weights and measures, chances of passing the so-called U.S. metric conversion bill are considered good when Congress reconvenes this week. The legislation would lead to ultimate adoption of the decimal-based system known as SI,* a modernized version of the metric system used by all advanced industrial nations except the U.S. (Canada and Britain are in the process of converting...
...National Weather Service has developed plans to convert weather forecasting to metric units (wind velocities in k.p.h., temperatures in Celsius, etc.) when the SI bill becomes law. Boston Weathercaster Don Kent already gives temperatures in both systems. One day last week, for example, he reported that the "temperature in Boston is 21° Celsius or 70° Fahrenheit...
...chance to sing her opening line, "Che mat sento?"(What do I hear?). She knew what she heard-a minute-long roar of welcome not experienced at the Met since the debut of Joan Sutherland in 1961. That was only the beginning. After Sills' showpiece aria "Si ferite, " the house went wild for 4½ minutes. At evening's end, the curtain calls went on for 18½ minutes. Out in the audience, opera-loving Comedian Danny Kaye let out several ear-piercing whistles and called for a speech. Confetti and roses floated down from the upper tiers...
Siege will provide Sills with a generous supply of ornate bel canto pyrotechnics, notably Pamira's Act II "Si, ferite"(Yes, strike me). Says Sills: "This role is longer than Norma, I hope to tell you. I wish I were getting paid by the note." She gets paid by the performance, of course: $1,000 at the New York City...