Learning the metric units did not really bother us. We were going to have our troubles relating our old concepts of weight, volume, and distance to the metric units. Americans were not bothered by theoretical considerations like how many cubic centimeters in a liter (1,000). Our concern was more pragmatic. We wanted to know how many liters of milk we would have to buy if we normally got three quarts a day. Three liters would have been fine, because the liter is not quite 1-1/2 ounces more than a quart, and serves the same as a quart for most purposes.

#25 Which of the following is not a synonym for baleful?
a. Ominous
b. Menacing
c. Threatening
d. Soothing

#24 A synonym for pragmatic is:

a. Hardworking.
b. Habitual
c. Annoying
d. Unquestioning
e. Bothersome
f. Practical

What do capitalist societies have in common? I imagine that you now expect me to recite a familiar list of baleful conditions: inflation, unemployment, bureaucratic red tape, foreign exchange difficulties, competition, and the like with which we, as capitalists, have to cope. But the truth is, I see little that can be forecast with regard to this so-standard range of ills other than that we will cope with them with about the same mixed results of success and failure as we now experience.