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The Quest to Go Metric in America
The article reviews the 1975 Metric Act and the U S push toward metrication, noting limited enforcement, budget cuts, and a shifting landscape where metric labels appear on many products. It cites industry figures on costs, adoption in cars and packaging, and public attitudes toward metric standards versus traditional units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce
Washington
America
Edwin Moses
Pentagon
Great Britain
Henry
Fortune 1,000
Congress
Department of Defense
United States
Charles Wilson
Tndustrial Fastener Institute
National Bureau of Standards
General Motors
Sunrise
Fla
Federal Highway Administration
Shell
National Geographic Society
Metric
Valerie Antoine
U.S. Metric Association
Metericians
Metric America
Bob Woods
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Sokoi
Steel
Ford Motor Company
George Baumgartner
Sokol
Pharmaceutical
Wilson
The
Fastener Institute
U.S
John Deere
Underwood
Commerce
Malcolm Baldridge
Calgary
Reagan
Burma
Canada
Metric Commission
Francois Breeur
Ministry of Consumer and Corporate Affairs
LaRae Willson
Thunder Bay
Ont
Safeway
Hell
Britain
Australia
Japan
Chernobyl
University of Michigan Survey Research Center
George Carlton
Food and Grocery Coordinating Committee