[USMA:52056] Yards Instead of Feet

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Martin-- My assumption is that because the yard is approximately the same 
length as the metre, it was just easier to make that equivalence.  One 
never knows these days whether U.S. "journalists" have the capacity to 
multiply by three!

Martin Morrison
"Metric Training & Education" Columnist
USMA's "Metric Today"