Word: exacts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Hills, Cypress and Covina. But not without opposition. When his plans for Covina became known, outraged residents rushed out to picket, carrying signs reading "Drop Dead Elsewhere" and "Land of the Free or Home of the Grave?" Overnight, Eaton's men buried six bodies in the property-the exact number necessary, under California law, to constitute a cemetery...
...Wilcox said undergraduates seem to be taking advantage of the plan's flexibility by attending both types of courses, though exact enrollment figures will not be available until final study cards have been turned...
...left circles. It is assumed as a matter of course that the 'lesser breeds' are 'natives,' and a mental picture is called up of some pukka sahib in a pith helmet kicking a coolie. In its context the sense of the line is almost the exact opposite of this. The phrase 'lesser breeds' refers almost certainly to the Germans, and especially the pan-German writers, who are 'without the Law' in the sense of being lawless, not in the sense of being powerless. The whole poem is a denunciation of power politics...
Power, in a far less grandiose sense, is one of the daily pleasures of the middle-ager. Adept at his job, he has learned how to channel his energy, and can place Archimedes' lever in the exact spot that will shift the world a trifle closer to his heart's desire...
Though remaining silent about exact design details, Miller said that the general idea was to construct the front end so that it would, in case of a head-on collision, crumple and be shortened by 24 in. Through an optimum setup of framing, wheels, fenders, hood, engine and other components, Ford Safety Engineer Harold Brilmyer aims to "work out a sequential arrangement so that everything collapses in a prearranged form." This may sound like small comfort, but it could extend the duration of the typical collision from 90 milliseconds to 125 milliseconds, cut impact forces...