Word: exactingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...secret of the system is timing. To form the electronic bubbles, each participating plane must send brief radio pulses-none longer than a tiny fraction of a second-in an assigned order of rotation at exact three-second intervals. The system demands such accuracy that all the planes must carry atomic clocks, which are precisely synchronized to a master timepiece on the ground or aboard one of the planes. Theoretically, CAS is so fast and efficient that it can safely handle as many as 2,000 planes over an area of more than 61,000sq...
...resolution is an exact copy of the one passed by the Columbia University Faculty Senate on Sept. 26, "People there wanted an opportunity to protest the war and they came up with this statement. I hope we can follow Columbia's lead," Ptashne said...
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Cambridge is the only City in the country which elects its councillors through Proportional Representation (PR). Under this electoral system, voters list their choices for council seats in descending order of preference. (1, 2, 3, etc.) From the total number of votes cast, the exact number a candidate needs to win is calculated. When one candidate meets this quota from his "number one" votes the remaining ballots with his name on them are given to the "number two" candidate marked on each ballot. The ballots of candidates who have the fewest "number one" votes are also given to the "number...
...life so intense must exact its costs. Pike read, wrote and talked about theology, but he seldom had time to do his own serious thinking. Although books poured out of his typewriter as fast as words clicked off his tongue, he was not a theologian but a publicist of theology. His pace took its toll in personal as well as intellectual terms. He admitted at one point that he had become an alcoholic. He chain-smoked so frantically that he sometimes had two or three cigarettes going at the same time. But in recent years he had quit both alcohol...