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However, most US manufacturers are using greater offsets, such as 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 barleycorns. [11] Therefore in current practice, US men's size 1 equals 25 barleycorns, or 8 + 1 ⁄ 3 in (21.17 cm), so the calculation for a male shoe size in the United States is: male shoe size (barleycorns) = 3 × last length (in) − 24. equivalent to:
In China a full 78.3% of the urban labor force were employed in the public sector by 1978, the year the Chinese economic reform was launched, after which the rates dropped. Jin Zeng estimates the numbers were 56.4% in 1995 and 32.8% in 2003, [6] while other estimates are higher. [7] [8] [9]
The Reagan administration made Letter-size paper the norm for US federal forms in the early 1980s; previously, the smaller "official" Government Letter size, 8 by 10.5 inches (203.2 by 266.7 mm) (aspect ratio: 1.3125), was used in government, while 8.5-by-11-inch (215.9 by 279.4 mm) paper was standard in most other offices. [2]
This is a list of the largest airlines in Asia by fleet size and total passengers carried in a twelve-month period. The table is updated periodically as and when new monthly data are available. Figures are for individual airlines; aggregate figures for airline groups (airlines and their partners/subsidiaries related by full equity ownership ...
These names were used relative to the others and their exact length would vary over time, from country to country, and from foundry to foundry. For example, "agate" and "ruby" used to be a single size "agate ruby" of about 5 points; [2] metal type known as "agate" later ranged from 5 to 5.8 points.
The gross domestic product of China in 2019 was CN¥ 99.08651 trillion, [4] or US$14.4 trillion (nominal). [ 5 ] China's nominal GDP surpassed that of Italy in 2000, France in 2005, the United Kingdom in 2006, Germany in 2007, Japan in 2010 and that of the Eurozone in 2018 making China the world's third largest economy after the European Union ...
In 2010, the Chinese automotive industry became the largest in the world, surpassing the United States. Following a 59 percent year-on-year sales increase, China's car sales exceeded those of the US in 2009, with 13.6 million vehicles sold within the country compared to just over 10 million in the US. [62]
As of October 2015, Android 5.0.2 rolled out to the United States as well. The Galaxy Tab S lineup got an upgrade to Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow OTA. The update for the 10.5 variant began on August 26, 2016, [11] for all versions, except any Canadians LTE models (SM-T805W), to which there will not likely be an update to Marshmallow.