Word: ton
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...agree or disagree: Most faculty members here are strongly interested in the academic problems of undergraduates. [all figures are percentages] Agree Disagree Hvrd. 42.3 49 Brwn. 76.2 16.3 Penn. 53.5 37.5 Corn'l. 57.2 36.8 P'ton...
...happy with the social life at school? Satisfied Dissatisfied Hvrd. 76.9 22.3 Brwn. 77.8 21 Penn. 81.4 17.6 Corn'l. 74.2 25 P'ton...
...participated in the battle of the Sea of Japan. The echoes still reverberate. Spurred anew by an old tale that Czar Nicholas II's sunken fleet had been carrying a fortune in gold and other precious metals, a team of divers six months ago reached the 8,524-ton Russian cruiser Admiral Nakhimov, in 314 ft. of water 5.5 miles off Tsushima Island, in an area between South Korea and Japan that lies well within Japanese territorial waters. They surfaced with a dull silver, footlong, 22-lb. ingot bearing Cyrillic markings. Said Salvage Chief Katsumi Uchinai as he displayed...
...touched off shock waves almost as strong as those of the original battle. The find started a gold rush-to the delight of Sadami Umeno, mayor of Tsushima's isolated principal town of Kamitsushima (pop. 7,300). "We would like to have a hospital and a 3,000-ton ferryboat," said the mayor, suggesting that the treasure hunt entitled the island to some benefits it was previously promised. "We might even have an airport built...
...first new American sailing freighter will probably be the 450-ton Patricia A., which California Entrepreneur Hugh Lawrence is modifying by adding wind power to its existing diesel power. The ship's captain will control the four 16-ft.-to 50-ft.-wide Dacron sails mechanically from the bridge. Lawrence expects to be using the 170-ft. freighter on Caribbean trade routes starting in April...