Word: exacting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...haven't yet finished the analysis and measurements on film to identify the exact point at which the plume [of flame] appeared," Graham said on CBS' "Face the Nation." On NBC's "Meet the Press," he said "we haven't done the measurements yet to see whether it was at the seam or near the seam...
Whatever the exact state of these negotiations, everyone involved has < something to gain from an airlift of Soviet Jews. It might serve to increase trade between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, now restricted by the Jackson- Vanik amendment, which ties Soviet-American trade to improvements in human rights, particularly Jewish emigration. For his middle-man role, Jaruzelski might win some points on human rights, perhaps enough to erase U.S. trade sanctions against Poland. Jaruzelski is already making moves in that direction: when Bronfman visited him in Warsaw, the general agreed to make pension payments to Polish Jews living...
...eight maintenance employees worked to patch together lines to restore power to the affected buildings. He said all the blacked-out buildings were linked to one of the three main lines serving the University, and that the repair crew began work late last night to find and fix the exact trouble point...
Eliot wields these images as objective correlatives, ideally, to recreate through the atmosphere they convey, the exact progression of emotions that his own contemplation on time elicits...
Wouldn't it be nice if there really were a fat guy with a white Lou Albano beard and a red suit who would see to the fact that you got the exact records you wanted for Christmas? Instead, we have a bunch of well-intentioned parents, siblings and spouses (present or future) who are responsible for the six copies of Styx's live album that are festering on the bottom of your album collection...