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• n  a large number or amount
• n  a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
• n  a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds

• Hawaii Quota (tons) 935,000 1932-33 (tons) 1,008,000.
• But current production of 240,000 tons a month is still 82% below the prewar output.
• Biggest cache: New Mexico's 41 million tons, 68.

• dozens
• heaps
• lots
• piles
• scores
• stacks
• loads
• rafts
• slews
• wads
• oodles
• gobs
• scads
• lashings
• short ton
• ton
• net ton
• long ton
• gross ton

News & Articles

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• More than 56K tons of debris cleared in Moore
  MOORE (AP) — More than 56,000 tons of debris have been removed from the 19 neighborhoods in Moore that were affected by the deadly tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb last mon...
  June 20, 2013 - Durant Daily Democrat
• 6 million tons of Moab tailings removed, 10 million to go
  6 million tons of Moab tailings removed, 10 million to go by Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 19, 2013 02:29PM MDT About 6 million tons of uranium-processing waste has been removed from the banks of the Colorado River near Moab so far. The U.S. Energy Department reported Tuesday that another 10 million tons remains to be loaded onto railcars and buried in a specialized landfill 30 ...
  June 19, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune
• 42 tons of missing fertilizer found in Ky.
     SCIENCE HILL, Ky. (AP) -- Kentucky State Police say they have found 42 tons of fertilizer that had been reported missing from a company in Ohio.      Media cited police in reporting that a private investigator hired by Consolidated Terminals and Logistics in North Bend, Ohio, to investigate thefts from the company tracked a vehicle to Science Hill, in south-central Kentucky.      The security ...
  June 18, 2013 - WHAS TV11 Louisville

Quotes

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• Mackenzie Phillips in Zap2it.com
  I had tons of pills, and Dad had tons of everything too. Eventually I passed out on Dad's bed,Phillips, who was only 19 at the time, writes. "All I can say is it was the first time I was aware of it. For a moment I was in my body, in that...
• Charlie Wi in Philadelphia Inquirer
  This course is not like last week's, where you could make tons of birdies,Wi said, referring to the Travelers Championship. "I know that you have to be really patient out there. I know 1 or 2 under sounds really easy, but this golf course...
• Sean Combs in FOXNews
  I've had great parties with no celebrities there, great parties with tons of celebrities. We're all people,Combs said.