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  • n  a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon
  • n  a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters
  • n  a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches

  • Thus milk is 26 a quart in Birmingham, but in Chattanooga, a freely competitive market about four hours away by truck, milk is only 16 a quart.
  • Using this technique, Blaine was able to cram another quart's worth of air into his already full lungs, Potkin estimates.
  • But when the customer buys a quart of concentrate at a store, he saves several cents a quart on the three quarts of milk it makes.
News & Articles

  • Sold! - for $9.79 a berry
    BENTON HARBOR - What may be the world's most expensive strawberries sold at $293.75 a quart at a Benton Harbor Fruit Market Auction on Friday.
    June 15, 2013 - The Herald-Palladium
  • Some regulations can be ridiculous
    I am outraged that soy sauce continues to be legally available to any moronic yahoo who feels like tying one on. The recent, self-induced coma by a 19 year old Minnesotan male, as reported by the “Journal of Emergency Medicine,” who chugged a quart of this vile, synthetically manufactured compound highlights the need to outlaw this dangerous substance. It is easily procured by adults and even ...
    June 15, 2013 - Grand Rapids Herald-Review
  • Celebrating Dad's special day with do-it-yourself gifts
    Yield: 24 cookies • ¾ cup white sugar • ¾ cup packed brown sugar • 1 cup rolled oats • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips or raisins • 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional) Directions • Using a 1-quart or 1-liter jar, layer in the ingredients in the order given.
    June 14, 2013 - Port Clinton News Herald
Quotes

  • Marty Turco in Forbes
    I felt focused despite being a quart down,Turco said. "But it's not an issue. I've played through a lot worse."
  • Ismail Haniyeh in Forbes
    We challenge anyone who says the government has taken one shekel from the budget of the electric company or one liter (one quart) of gasoline,Haniyeh told a Hamas conference in Gaza. "We welcome any independent inquiry mission to...
  • Nate Newton in Dallas Morning News
    That and a quart of Schlitz Malt Liquor bull,Newton recalled with a laugh, "I'd sit at the table, and as soon as whoever I was dating at the time would bring the first batch, that first batch would be ketchup and I'd have my quart of bull,...

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