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The day clock. Morice, David May 1, 2009 559
It's about time: difficulties in developing time concepts: Sally Harris examines some of the difficulties students experience with the concept of time and the telling of time. Harris, Sally Mar 22, 2008 1899
Time after time: Lauren McGuire addresses the issues surrounding the concept of time faced by many primary students. McGuire, Lauren Jun 22, 2007 1421
Wait a second! Jakubiak, David Brief Article Dec 12, 2005 174
Hot ideas: making time. Gorham, Gail; Bobis, Janette Jun 22, 2005 751
The GOES time code service, 1974-2004: a retrospective. Hanson, D. Wayne Mar 1, 2005 8238
A.M. and P.M. clocks: fruit fly brain has double timekeepers. Milius, S. Oct 16, 2004 440
Time. Feb 6, 2004 5675
It's about time(keeping)! The ins and outs of time and attendance software. Burger, Patrice Sutton Aug 1, 2003 2767
Further improvements to NIST-F1. (News Briefs). Brief Article Mar 1, 2002 214
Boo to Captain Clock: Jay Griffiths sides with the agitators and celebrants who subvert the regulation of time by potentates and pencil-pushers. (Taking Back Our Time). Griffiths, Jay Mar 1, 2002 1744
The American Time Use Survey: cognitive pretesting; cognitive pretesting of the American Time Use Survey has resulted in several redesigns that disambiguated the wording of a number of questions in the instrument; further testing will ensure that the survey delivers high-quality data on an ongoing basis. (American Time Use Survey). Schwartz, Lisa K. Feb 1, 2002 8353
Measuring time use in households with more than one person; the U.S. Government's first-ever national time-use survey will collect time diary data from one respondent per household, forgoing the opportunity to provide information about how nonmarket time is allocated between husbands and wives; Canada's General Social Survey, similar in approach, uses stylized questions to elicit that very information. (Measuring Time Use). Winkler, Anne E. Feb 1, 2002 5858
Measuring intrahousehold allocation of time: response to Anne E. Winkler; measuring the use of time by more than one individual in a household, though important, cannot be accomplished within the data quality requirements and budgetary constraints of the new BLS American Time Use Survey; the topic, however, is on the Bureau's agenda for 2002. (Measuring Intrahousehold Allocation of Time). Schwartz, Lisa K.; Herz, Diane; Frazis, Harley Feb 1, 2002 5089
Taking TIME. NEISTAT, VAN Mar 12, 2001 1537
Short Takes. Brief Article Feb 21, 2000 155
U.S. time now flows from atom fountain. P.W. Brief Article Jan 22, 2000 229
A Matter of Time. Jan 1, 2000 776
Tossing cold atoms like confetti, atomic-fountain clocks launch a new era in timekeeping. WEISS, PETER Aug 7, 1999 2016
Straight Arrow. Neeley, DeQuendre Jan 1, 1999 789
Time. Apr 12, 1995 382
Weekly lab. Apr 12, 1995 198
A matter of time. Jan 1, 1994 650
Let's make a clock. Jan 1, 1994 129
Staying timely. Brief Article Sep 1, 1992 187
Step in time: exploring the mathematics of synchronously flashing fireflies. Peterson, Ivars Cover Story Aug 31, 1991 2218
Chaotic systems that stay in step. Peterson, Ivars Mar 24, 1990 324
Leaping into the '90s with new constants. Jan 13, 1990 601
As the world turns, time flies. Welch, Susan Apr 13, 1985 352

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