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POPSWithin a 2.54 centimeters from his life The article from the Argentine newspaper Clarin speaks about Brent Maynard, who is leading a "solo" campaign to change the standard measurements used in the US for the more "exact" metric system. He argues that the standard system used in the US and Britain is practical and poetic, but the preferred system should be the metric one. Apparently the US is answering: an inch is an inch is an inch... Whatever the case, we could always speak metaphorically, like "within walking distance" "a stone's throw away" etc...