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  2. Seven Pounds - Wikipedia

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    Seven Pounds is based on a script written by Grant Nieporte under Columbia Pictures. In June 2007, Will Smith joined the studio to star in the planned film and to serve as one of its producers. [ 6 ] In September 2007, director Gabriele Muccino, who worked with Smith on The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), was attached to direct Seven Pounds ...

  3. Pound (mass) - Wikipedia

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    The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in both the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement.Various definitions have been used; the most common today is the international avoirdupois pound, which is legally defined as exactly 0.453 592 37 kilograms, and which is divided into 16 avoirdupois ounces. [1]

  4. Avoirdupois - Wikipedia

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    The weights are in denominations of 7 pounds (corresponding to a unit known as the clip or wool-clip), 14 pounds (stone), 56 pounds (4 stone) and 91 pounds (1 ⁄ 4 sack or woolsack). [ 18 ] [ 19 ] The 91-pound weight is thought to have been commissioned by Edward III in conjunction with the statute of 1350, while the other weights are thought ...

  5. Grant Nieporte - Wikipedia

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    Grant Edward Nieporte is a screenwriter best known for the film Seven Pounds.Nieporte got the idea for the script after having a chat with a man whom he called "the saddest person I ever met in my life". [1]

  6. How the world's currencies got their names - AOL

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  7. Pound (currency) - Wikipedia

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    Pound is a name of various units of currency. It is used in some countries today and previously was used in many others. It is used in some countries today and previously was used in many others. The English word "pound" derives from the Latin expression lībra pondō , in which lībra is a noun meaning 'pound' and pondō is an adverb meaning ...

  8. United States customary units - Wikipedia

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    The avoirdupois pound is legally defined as a measure of mass, [25] but the name pound is also applied to measures of force. For instance, in many contexts, the pound avoirdupois is used as a unit of mass, but in some contexts, the term "pound" is used to refer to "pound-force". The slug is another unit of mass derived from pound-force.

  9. Here's why you should stop eating chicken breasts with 'white ...

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    According to the National Chicken Council, the birds head to market at an average of over 6 pounds in just 47 days. Back in the 50's, it would take 70 days for them to reach half that weight.