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(formerly 126 pounds) and is 1.68 meters tall (5 feet 6 inches).
If she is like Miss America, her other measurements, in centimeters, are 93-58-91.
The Rappahannock County housewife, when she goes to the market for supplies, would be buying 500 grams of butter,- a kilo of meat for hamburgers (2.2 pounds) and 4 meters (3.6 yards) of material for a dress.
Those in favor of the change to the metric system argue that we cannot stand alone indefiniely in a world that has almost entirely gone metric.
Opposing the changeover are those who point to the billions of dollars that it would cost industry to adjust to the metric system.
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