Word: exacts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Then Leavitt was informed, "Dow's exact involvement in the war effort amounts to a war crime. That justifies direct action to stop people from working for this company...
Amending a routine financing measure, the House lopped between $5 billion and $8 billion off projected federal spending in the current fiscal year. The exact amount was impossible to reckon because of massive loopholes embodied in overlapping amendments approved by the House and because the actual amount of war expenditures is uncertain. The first amendment, proposed by Mississippi Democrat Jamie Whitten, would limit spending for many activities to last year's level. But the Viet Nam war and a number of domestic programs such as highway construction and Medicare were specifically exempted from the ceiling. The second amendment...
...rifleman adjusted his sight. Slowly he stretched out into a prone firing position; he rested his rifle barrel on his helmet and sighted through the scope, allowing just enough Kentucky windage to compensate for the breeze. Then he began the gentle, steady trigger pull of the expert marksman. The exact moment of firing came as a surprise-which it often does when a good rifleman has squeezed off a proper shot...
...Exact Temperatures...
...addition, scientists now can measure the exact temperature anywhere on the sun's surface as it changes with time, because strong lines appear at different wavelengths according to the temperature and the elements present. Each element has a unique combination of lines which identify it absolutely...