Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, July 1, 1993                   TAG: 9307010374
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-8   EDITION: METRO 
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OFFICIAL TIMEKEEPERS MADE WEDNESDAY LONGER

If so, congratulations - your internal clock is finely tuned: Wednesday was longer than a normal day. A full second longer.

The atomic clock at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, along with the world's other official timekeepers, clicked off the extra second Wednesday night. - Knight-Ridder/Tribune