gals.
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“Theatre gals. We met doing a play in New Jersey. I think I was still in high school.”
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 1, 2014
RPMKnotsGPHdB-A6005.02.8779008.48.283120010.420.286150017.430.488180025.344.889210029.664.688240035.673.093Speeds measured by GPS in the Atlantic Ocean off Palm Beach, Fla., in a three-foot chop and 15-mph winds w/eight people, 475 gals. of fuel and 80 gals. of water on board.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Narragansett Bay, where the Greek tanker World Prodigy struck a reef and spewed 420,000 gals. of No. 2 fuel oil, most of the residue had evaporated or was rounded up by week's end.
From Time Magazine Archive
Voluntarily, the company would improve the fuel economy of sport-utility vehicles 25% over five years, he said, saving an average of 1,700 gals. of gas over the life of an average vehicle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Latest reported dairy products: milk, 25,156,977 gals.; butter, 33,739,055 lbs.; cheese, 19,088,405 lbs.
From Alden's Handy Atlas of the World by John B. Alden
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