Word: exacting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...prospect of headless human clones should put the whole debate about "normal" cloning in a new light. Normal cloning is less a treatment for infertility than a treatment for vanity. It is a way to produce an exact genetic replica of yourself that will walk the earth years after you're gone...
...officials had one reason to be optimistic. That same day, in a defeat for the ruling party, longtime South Korean dissident Kim Dae Jung was elected President. Rubin and his guests stayed in contact with the White House through the dinner to coordinate the exact wording of President Clinton's congratulatory phone call that night to newly elected President Kim. Clinton told Kim that he had a brief window of opportunity with no room for false steps. Just to be sure, one participant in the dinner, Treasury official David Lipton, was dispatched to Seoul two days later to measure...
...exact details of the problems are difficult to pinpoint, Poliakoff said. Council representatives did not stand at every bus stop to ensure each bus rider had the appropriate ticket, he said...
...December 16 and 17, 1997, the Harvard-Radcliffe Undergraduate Council hired Brush Hill Transportation to take students to Logan Airport. The vast majority of the buses ran as scheduled. For a small number of the shuttles, some drivers misunderstood the exact orders, causing temporary delays in transportation. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused to the students taking the U.C. shuttle. Brush Hill looks forward to serving the Harvard community again...
While Isenstein declined to quote the exact cost of the system, she said it is "very reasonably priced...