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Word: exacts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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While White and Cotton tried desperately to move the gear by whipping the plane's nose up and down, ground engineers pored over charts in order to pinpoint the exact cause of the trouble. They concluded that a short circuit had snarled the computer, which was programmed to allow the landing gear to rise and descend only when the wheel-cavity doors were fully open. Control of the gear thus had to be removed from the computer. By causing a second short circuit, ground engineers advised, the pilots might manage to circumvent the computer and disengage the landing gear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aviation: Coming In on A Wing & A Pliers | 5/13/1966 | See Source »

William A. Klemperer, professor of Chemistry, is now attempting to pinpoint the exact position of this radio band in the laboratory, he added. When the new antenna begins operation, radio-astronomers will try to find the same band...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Receiver Will Triple Radiotelescope's Capacities | 5/12/1966 | See Source »

...said that an alleged 800 letters were sent to Dean Monro by freshmen attempting to give a "substantial reason." Monro has declined to discuss the exact number of letters he received...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HUC Backs Master's New House Selection Proposal | 4/30/1966 | See Source »

...does a nation such as the U.S., which professes the Jeffersonian ideal of "equal and exact justice to all men," balance the safety of society against the rights of the individual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Criminal Justice: Concern About Confessions | 4/29/1966 | See Source »

...astonishment, Danny soon learned that Lawyer Farrug had told the exact truth. While polishing Danny's petition, Farrug enlisted the best appellate advocate he could find: Barry Kroll, 28, who had joined Farrug's Chicago firm after arguing 300 military appeals cases in the Army. In 1962, "starting the best experience I've ever had," the brilliant young Kroll urged the Illinois Supreme Court to reverse Danny's conviction, which it did on the grounds of false promises by the detective who persuaded Danny to talk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Criminal Justice: Concern About Confessions | 4/29/1966 | See Source »

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