[USMA:16656] Today's news

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2001-12-16   World's tinest gecko curls up on a dime.   Andres Cala Associated Press   Beate Island, Dominican Republic - Two American biologists have discovered the world's smallest know gecko - a lizard so tiny, it can curl up comfortably on a dime...........   ...... The Jaragua gecko measures only 1.6 cm -  a sliver more than half an inch - from the base of the tale.     I wonder if the AP is doing more to enforce their style guide, that is to leave metric measures in their place.  I hope this is a trend.  It would be nice if they could drop the FFU all together.  But, this is better than nothing.  The sliver more than a half inch must be a big sliver.  That's a whopping 3 mm difference.  The slivers I got in my skin were never more than a millimetre.    John