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Martyr
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From
18/03/2004 21:56:14
Alex Feldstein
Florida, United States
 
 
To
18/03/2004 15:12:28
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Forum:
Politics
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Articles
Title:
Re: Martyr
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00886623
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>>>But what can I say about the rest of US, except that this "dual-system" method is a start in the right direction, and if I had my way, it would go faster. If I (or someone) can locate the US metric-conversion law, maybe there's a "phase 2" coming up, where metric is more dominant on all labels, or similar.
>>
>>See:
>>http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/300/metricact.doc
>>http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/dates.htm
>>http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/uscodes/15/chapters/6/subchapters/ii/sections/section_205b.html
>>
>>HTH
>
>Very interesting references. Let me see if I understood correctly: if all goes well, the United States will have switched to the metric system by 1992 <g>.

Right. <g>


Alex Feldstein, MCP, Microsoft MVP
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