| 31. | Why hasn't the U . S . adopted the metric system?
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| 32. | Q : Has the United States abandoned its proposed switch to the metric system?
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| 33. | :The metric system is just a series of standardized units.
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| 34. | Except where they use the metric system, football is still a game of inches.
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| 35. | Her pupils will not study the metric system in arithmetic, nor electricity in science.
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| 36. | The metric system also lacks a parallel to the foot.
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| 37. | The Vulcan was a clean-sheet design using the metric system.
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| 38. | Today all official measurements are made in the metric system.
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| 39. | "We'll accommodate the metric system where we can, but we simply cannot start over.
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| 40. | Over the next hundred years, the metric system spread globally.
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