Word: exacting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There's no exact formula for determining the amount each non-profit must pay, but generally the costs cover city services like police and snow removal that the institution benefits from...
...father Mohammed al Fayed, billionaire owner of the Paris Ritz, is appealing the decision to drop charges. Convinced that Princess Diana was murdered to prevent a marriage with his Muslim son, al Fayed is desperate to air his conspiracy theories in court. He wants the British inquests into the exact causes of Diana's and Dodi's deaths to be held jointly, which would allow him to testify at Diana's inquest, and to hold the hearings before a jury. The two coroners in the case have turned him down on both counts, but al Fayed is appealing. Meanwhile, bodyguard...
Everyone between southwest England and the Bay of Bengal had the same occupation last Wednesday--star gazing. Well, star-and-moon gazing, to be exact. But the last solar eclipse of the millennium wasn't all celestial. A roundup...
TEMPTING TUNES RealNetworks is making it harder than ever to resist the allure of digital music. Last week it announced a $30 version of its popular RealJukebox music player and recorder (available at real.com) which lets people make exact digital replicas of songs from their CDs in the MP3 format, with no degradation of sound quality--an MP3 first. With a 10-band graphic equalizer, users can fine-tune playback; new "skins" (colorful covers) can also be superimposed on the user interface so it looks as spiffy as the music sounds...
...couldn't be bothered with the subway. For a college student, they represented the ultimate in frivolous but wonderful luxury, up there with flying first class or getting an hour-long massage--well, almost. Still, what typical undergraduate really has ten bucks to squander on a cab when the exact same trip by metro is one-fifth the cost...