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...foot radio telescope," he added, "Will enable us to pin-point more accurately sources of radio energy and to accommodate special experimental projects not now possible...

Author: By Steven R. Rivkin, | Title: Observatory to Expand Facilities for Research | 3/25/1955 | See Source »

...have over-reached themselves in the girdle episode, which, besides being irrelevant, is largely unfunny. But on the whole, Cadillac's material stays admirably cohesive. The authors may be using a shotgun instead of a rifle, but their target is the large one of sustained humor rather than the pin-point of specific ridicule. And the laughs are constant all evening...

Author: By S. R. Barnett, | Title: The Solid Gold Cadillac | 2/28/1955 | See Source »

...third as well as the first period, the varsity kept play in the Northeastern zone most of the time and displayed pin-point passing. The Huskie defense men saved several possible goals by stopping shots from the blue line, thus preventing dangerous rebounds. Many times, however, the varsity defeated itself by shooting wide of the cage or directly into Lawn's pads. Lawn had 51 saves during the game, Flynn...

Author: By Charles Stedman, | Title: Varsity Six Defeats Huskies In Watson Rink Inaugural | 1/10/1955 | See Source »

Professor Furry indicated that there where a multitude of questions are asked (as in the game of Twenty Questions) the privilege should apply to all, indiscriminately, because answers to the non-incriminating ones might help a prosecutor to pin-point areas in which incriminating evidence could be found. Dean Griswold make a similar assertion with respect to the questioning of a witness about Party membership in each of a series of consecutive years. This contention presumes that the individual has been "in such a fix" that he could not safely answer all the questions, and at a time sufficiently recent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lawyer Attacks Corporation Retention of Furry | 5/26/1954 | See Source »

...more expensive big brother, the long-barreled revolver, shoots for a guaranteed 75 feet, and further, if boosted with a special jet squirt. The sleek, narrow barrel aims with pin-point accuracy, known to flick a pencil from a hand. Even the great man of guns, Ed McGiverin, claims no such feats in his "Fast and Famous Revolver Shooting...

Author: By J. P. Luvius, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 4/14/1953 | See Source »

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