Word: exacts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...similar manner, he said, genetic knowledge tells an organism whether its environmental adaptation has succeeded or failed. "Finding the exact source of this knowledge is one of the nicest bits of detective work we have to do," Lorenz commented...
...Germans appeared May 10 in the exact areas where they had been expected, so that some of our platoons had German paratroopers jumping right over their heads and managed to kill many before they reached the ground...
...afternoon of May 9, 1940, the officers of our regiment, the First Motorized Hussars, were informed that Dutch Intelligence expected a possible German invasion on May 9 or 10. We were told to pass out live ammunition to the troops and we were given the exact areas in which paratrooper landings could be expected. Large sections of storm-drain pipe were placed on the runways of the airfields, and trucks were parked at intervals on the middle of the freeways to prevent possible aircraft landings...
...single engine. He was the first real hero of the machine age, and in a sense the last. For not only was he in control of his machine, he was its partner; it was still possible to love it. Today's vast machines, casually performing vastly greater feats, exact service; but they scorn affection. They require large teams to tend them, and dwarf the individual...
According to Carlhian, the use of a pre-cast concrete exterior will not require major changes in the plans for Mather, just a few changes in the jointing of the building will be needed. The exact finish of the concrete has not yet been determined, but it probably will be tinted dark-brown, in order to give Mather the desired dark appearance...