So each hour's time difference between the ship and the starting point marks a ship's progress of fifteen degrees of longitude to the east or west.

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Over that same timeframe the price of oil in West German marks and Japanese yen rose 1% and 7% percent respectively.

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Aides have said the West Coast trip marks the start of a series of road trips around the country aimed at pressuring lawmakers to pass the economic stimulus package.

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The rejection by Californians of Proposition 23, which would have suspended the pioneering environmental and energy legislation that the state adopted in 2006, marks a West-coast brand of conservatism.

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