yds.
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On the bridge the replacement captain, Tony Cortese, waved to his predecessor, barely 200 yds. away.
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From out of nowhere, she says, nearly a dozen policemen streaked after Jones about 100 yds. from her.
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But when Whitsett jumped on, the chopper teetered at its weight threshold, landing in a citrus grove 100 yds. away.
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To encourage him to explore, his trainers built a large slingshot, which sent fish out 50 yds. in all directions.
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His practical inventions are briefly noticed below: Gunter’s Chain, the chain in common use for surveying, is 22 yds. long and is divided into 100 links.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
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