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Grad

(Also grade), a unit of measurement of a plane angle, proposed when the metric system of measures was introduced at the end of the 18th century. The abbreviated symbol is l^g. One grad equals 1/100 of a right angle. The fractional units of a grad are the metric minute (I’ or I^c), which equals 1/100 of a grad, and the metric second (1” or l^cc), which equals 1/100 of a metric minute. The relationships between a grad and other units of a plane angle are l^g = 0.01570796 radian and l^g = 0.900° (angular degrees), or I” = 1.111^g-The expression of angles in grads has not been widely accepted.

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Then 10 days later they also discovered another haul made up of over a hundred surface-to-air and ground-to-ground rockets, 15 Grad rockets, 25 anti-tank grenade launchers, TNT and navigation systems.

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When the 2010 graduates were asked to share job search advice for future grads, they echoed Angell's observations, and added "network, use alums as resources, and most important, start early!" Many also attributed their success to their Hopkins experience and one grad noted, "I've had people tell me that having Hopkins SON on my resume was a big bonus."

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Israel's military says Palestinian militants in Gaza have fired a Grad rocket at southern Israel, and Israel retaliated with an airstrike.

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Poland expects to pick a buyer for its controlling stake in oil refiner Lotos by early 2012, treasury minister Aleksander Grad said.

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Since its launch just over a year ago, Newcastle-based Northern Architecture's GRAD (Graduate Retention and Development) programme has helped 17 architecture graduates into work.