To what extent is the reluctance of the U.S. to metricate interfering with NIST's ability to partipate fully in the key comparisons of measurements under the International Committee of Weights and Measures' Mutual Recognition Arrangement (CIPM MRA) (the agreement signed in 1999 to establish the degree of equivalence of national measurement standards among the world's national measurement institutes)?
Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Editor, "Metric Today" U.S. Metric Association, Inc. www.metric.org 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 Midland TX 79707-2872 USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There are two cardinal sins, from which all the others spring: impatience and laziness." ---Franz Kafka
