Word: exacting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...extent of his illness, CIA experts have been running the Soviet-made clip of his Sept. 6 appearance through a sophisticated film analyzer, frame by frame. Their conclusion: snippets were cut from the film to eliminate some of Chernenko's more obvious stumbles and trembling. Although an exact prognosis cannot be made from a piece of celluloid, it is clear, says a senior British diplomat, that Chernenko "does not look like a man with too long to go before incapacity or death removes him from the scene." The Soviet leader is known to suffer from emphysema and a heart...
...were firmly scheduled last week, to give their champion an opportunity to cut into the President's lead (see box). They claim to see evidence in private surveys that Mondale is starting to lure wavering Democrats back to his cause. At the moment, published national polls show the exact opposite, but it would not be surprising if Mondale's poll standings improve a bit, if only because they are scraping the rock-bottom minimum level of support that past election results suggest can be expected by any major-party candidate...
...mother-son relationship can sometimes exact a heavy price...
...course, one must hesitate before striking out to avoid injuring innocents. And in the case of Islamic Holy War, which has claimed responsibility for the past three attacks on American installations, it has apparently been impossible to ascertain its exact nature and membership. But, according to The New York Times, intelligence officials worldwide almost all agree that the Holy War gang has major links to the Iranian and Syrian governments, which have the most to gain from humiliating the America. Surely the United States has the capability to make life unpleasant for these two regimes, as they have so often...
...contends that these specialists must have been particularly alert since they were aware of preparations by the Soviets to test a new missile on Aug. 31 aimed at the Kamchatka Peninsula, where the airliner first flew over Soviet territory. "All electronic eyes and ears were directed toward the exact place," Pearson writes. "Far from slipping by unnoticed, KAL 007 had flown onto center stage...