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leap second - Coordinated Universal Time

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No references found			In order for our civil time (UTC based on TAI) to keep "in step" with the changing earth rotational speed, UT1 leap seconds are added to the year from time to time to compensate for this slowing down. Earthly matters by Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain) As the final countdown, which very correctly observed the leap second, reached its end the crowd spontaneously burst into a few lines of "Auld Lang Syne". Seeing in the IYA2009 by Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa SILENT movie actor Harold Lloyd demonstrates one way of fixing the leap second. SUNDAY SESSION by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)			lean lean clay lean concrete lean fuel mixture lean gas lean lime lean manufacturing lean manufacturing cells lean mix lean mixture lean mortar lean oil Lean, David Lean, Sir David lean-to lean-to house lean-to roof Leander Leander Starr Jameson Leandro Fernandez De Moratin Leandro Fernández De Moratín leaning tower Leaning Tower of Pisa leaning wheel grader leap leap second leap year Leap Year Day leapfrog leapfrog attack leapfrog system leapfrog test lear lear board Lear, Edward Lear, Norman Lear, William Powell Lear, William Sr. Learchus learncasting learned learned helplessness Learned Transactions Learning learning control learning curve learning disabilities learning machine Leary, Timothy Francis Leasburg Dam State Park lease			leap at the opportunity Leap Attack leap day leap day leap day leap days leap down leap for joy leap forward Leap Forward Virtual Clock Leap frog Leap frog Leap Frog Method leap in the dark leap in the dark leap in the dark Leap month Leap month Leap month Leap month leap of faith leap of faith leap of faith leap of faith leap of faith Leap of Faith Research leap on the bandwagon leap out leap out leap over leap second Leap seconds Leap seconds leap to conclusions leap to conclusions leap to conclusions leap to conclusions leap to conclusions leap to conclusions Leap to Frogans leap to the conclusion leap to the conclusion leap to the conclusion leap to the conclusion leap to the conclusion leap up leap up Leap Wireless International Inc. leap year leap year leap year leap year leap year leap year Leap Year Day Leap Year Day Leap Year Day Leap Years Leap Years Leap Years Leap-frog

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