The Australian Metric Conversion Board new about the differences in metrication processes in 1970 and avoided those that were so slow, such as metric conversion. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch] Reference
In consequence, a White Paper on metrication was published in 1972. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
Roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Report: Blair refuses to back Iran strike.] Reference
Direct metrication, on the other hand, is smooth, fast, and above all economical. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch] Reference
The process for metrication does not need to be to the extreme you are suggesting. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch] Reference
Just to add to the thoughts on the Australian experience with the metrication process. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch] Reference
The metrication plan would probably require incentives for companies that need to convert. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch] Reference
Users of direct metrication usually estimate that the savings amount to about 10 % of turnover. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch] Reference
Never mind metrication of time - let's get weights and measures metrication programme completed first. From Wordnik.com. [Eight for 2008] Reference
Another prosecution, Mr Hunt's third under UK law implementing EC metrication directives, is to follow. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-09-01] Reference
It's easy to see how this will cost more in the long run than any up front metrication cost undertaken today. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch] Reference
These days, my tolerance for Metric – which I used happily before compulsory metrication – is now diminishing. From Wordnik.com. [Bring it on] Reference
Here in England (well, Britain actually) the government is slowly eroding our traditional units and forcing metrication on us. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch] Reference
I just hope there won't be any more need for metric martyrs and that the government will avoid forcing metrication down the public's throat. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
The final story, or "four", deals with two of my own personal obsessions, "speeding" and compulsory metrication, combined in an unexpected way. From Wordnik.com. [Booker] Reference
Sadly Mr Thoburn passed away just a few days after the European Commission finally saw the error of its ways and decided not to enforce metrication. From Wordnik.com. [Metric Martyrs] Reference
Only at gov't establishments did I see metrication deteriorating to converting tens of thousand drawings - because some bureaucrat thought it necessary. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch] Reference
For about 85 % of Australian occupations the metrication process was completed in a year or two (e.g. 1974 to 1976 for Australian construction industries). From Wordnik.com. [NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch] Reference
However with a press release from the commission we are told that this Tuesday sees the end of the "metrication saga" that has been drawn out for over four decades. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-09-01] Reference
This, of course, has liberated officials to harass errant traders who insist on selling their goods by the pound in defiance of the various EU metrication directives. From Wordnik.com. [A Europe of results?] Reference
Most people, I suspect, also feel that a person who detests the metric system should be able to say so, but a civil servant whose job did not involve any application of metrication lost his job some time ago. From Wordnik.com. [A Conservative View of Civil Liberties] Reference
In the 1970s I was taught three rules (of metrication). From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour. From Wordnik.com. [magic-city-news.com] Reference
The game plan is to spend 1999 researching European attitudes towards metrication and the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Purchasing - Top Stories] Reference
Both Iannelli and Carver share the concern that the U.S. public come to terms with metrication. From Wordnik.com. [Purchasing - Top Stories] Reference
Congress included new encouragement for U.S. industrial metrication in the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of. From Wordnik.com. [Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories] Reference
He believes that public resistance to metric has to be overcome for any real progress to be made towards entire metrication. From Wordnik.com. [Purchasing - Top Stories] Reference
It became illegal to sell any goods in Britain in non-metric weights and measures under the EU's compulsory metrication policy in 2000. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
It's true that the relevant European Commissioner, Guenther Verheugen, has also suggested that the metrication legislation be flexibly applied. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph Blogs] Reference
However, Carver has pointed out that the following "progress" was made in the direction of moving the U.S. towards metrication in the mid-1990s. From Wordnik.com. [Purchasing - Top Stories] Reference
In 1982, the government backed out of its commitment to metrification (or metrication, according to government information) so we are still using U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News-Record] Reference
The use of imperial units is more common in rural areas in the rest of the country, where opposition to metrication was strongest, rather than in urban areas. From Wordnik.com. [Mississauga Real Estate, Homes, TREB & MLS Blog by Mark Argentino] Reference
Oven Temperature Seales As the metrication programme advances, electric cookers will be introduced with the oyen thermostat dial marked in °Celsius instead of. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
If anyone knows how hard it is to move the U.S. to metrication, it's Gary Carver who has served as director of the U.S. Government's Metric Program from 1991-94. From Wordnik.com. [Purchasing - Top Stories] Reference
But rather than blame the EU for the whole mess, those who don’t like the EU and forced metrication ought also to blame British leaders for allowing it. From Wordnik.com. [VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » Will Pounds and Ounces Survive in Britain ?] Reference
The metrication of time. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-12-01] Reference
Mostly we chose direct metrication processes. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch] Reference
Or should we see at as metrication by stealth?. From Wordnik.com. [In praise of … the pint | Editorial] Reference
2008 should be the year that finally the campaign for the metrication of time takes hold in the consciousness of the planet. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-12-01] Reference
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