Word: stewart
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Critics like Stewart Brand, creator of the Whole Earth catalogues, object to metric for the very reason that most scholars favor it: the ease of converting one unit to another-say, kilometers to meters-by simply multiplying or dividing by tens. Says Brand: "You can't visualize a tenth very well, but you can imagine a quarter or a half of something." Adds Seaver Leslie, founder of Americans for Customary Weight and Measure: "The metric system is imposed rationality...
...Mary L. Stewart...
Shelter director Stewart Guernsey, a first-year Divinity School student, yesterday lamented the closing. He acknowledged that the homeless situation was worse "during the winter in terms of people freezing," but he added that "it is still critical". He noted that "Crime picks up in good weather...
...Sondra Stewart Garland, Texas
...skeptical Washington author, not wishing to burden Reagan with affairs of state, asked him about Jimmy Stewart. "I don't want to monopolize your time," said the President, "but let's sit down and let me tell you about Jimmy." Half an hour later Reagan had another...