Word: units
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Surprisingly, the invitation originated with the dean, Anthony Pappas, who wanted to dramatize the high-tech transformation of the working world. Says Pappas: "This will call attention to the college's new unit in computer sciences and technology." Some among the 551-member class are miffed. "I don't like the idea," says Kimberly Roy, the student-government president. "It is not a human being like we are. We deserve more...
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...
...officials have reported a lighter than expected usage; average usage is two hourse per day unit, said Lewis A. Law, director of the Science Center...
...Salvador's land-reform program and curbing the excesses of right-wing Constituent Assembly President Roberto d'Aubuisson. But on the antiguerrilla battlefront, Garcia fought what for its cushy hours became known as a 9-to-5 war. He ignored U.S. advice to use aggressive small-unit patrolling tactics against the rebels, and instead sent major units of the 24,000-member Salvadoran army on wasteful sweeps through the countryside...
...lightweights fared better than the heavies in Ithaca, showing they can pull together as a unit. They took the lead on Cornell's third varsity for the first 20 strokes and stretched it to win by open water. On May 1, they'll face the University of Rhode Island and Northeastern...