Word: exact
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Billy Shears, and Mr. Kite. Sgt. Pepper himself has provided no clues. Billy Shears, on the other hand, has lots of possibilities. One night last February we tried to call him. The transatlantic operator was very friendly, but refused to place the call unless we could give her an exact number. A conversation with her lasting thirty minutes produced the following information. 1) There was a number listed for a Mr. Billy Shears in London. 2) She knew what it was, but wouldn't tell us. 3) At that time there were approximately twenty calls placed every night to Billy...
...major public events, the exact time was chosen by astrologers. They proclaimed 10:29 a.m. to be the most auspicious. At that precise moment, trumpets blared and a gold curtain in Thailand's National Assembly chamber parted to reveal King Bhumibol Adulyadej seated on a special gold en throne beneath the traditional nine-tiered umbrella. The King, wearing a white military dress uniform, sat silently while a court official read the royal proclamation. Then he slowly signed three copies of the document, handwritten by official scribes and stamped with the royal seal...
...measure can be taken precisely in feet and inches, but he also has a far less exact psychological, or perceived, height. In the eye of the be holder, he may seem taller or shorter in direct proportion to his title or accomplishments. So says Australian Psychologist Paul R. Wilson in the Journal of Social Psychology...
Entering the Common to the bopping sounds which have become the anthem of the anti-war mongers, one is pleasantly reminded, in bronze, that this is the exact spot, the very knoll on which George Washington took control of the American Army in July...
...lost? Pretty desperately far out, as Mishima charts it. In Forbidden Colors, an ugly, aging novelist with a consuming hatred for women makes a devil's compact with a staggeringly handsome young homosexual named Yuichi. For a very cold cash settlement, this irresistible "Apollo molded in bronze" will exact the old man's revenge by systematically attracting and frustrating women-even to the extent of marriage...