Word: pinpoint
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...second half, however, the Harvard eleven employed some brilliant, pinpoint passing to score its three goals. At 11:55 of the third period Chiappa blasted a pass from Fred Akuffo into the net. The Crimson's second tally at 15:13 was an aesthetic delight. Akin Adewole, at outside right about 40 feet from the goal, spotted Sam Thompson alone on the left side, and kicked a high shot toward him. Thompson headed the ball right at the feet of Chiappi, who scorched a short one past the bewildered Tufts goaltender...
They know where to look: anybody can buy U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey maps that pinpoint the site and depth of hundreds of known wrecks. All that the charts do not tell the treasure hunter is whether the ship that went down was hauling pig iron or a golden argosy...
...Pinpoint Precision. Coolness is still one of the man's most notable characteristics. Last week, as the Asian crisis bore down on him, Admiral Grant Sharp, now 58, well-decorated and as slender and hard as a torpedo (5 ft. 7 in., 147 Ibs.), described his activities and explained imperturbably: "These things are all thought out ahead of time. It is the culmination of a lot of planning, and the actual execution is fairly simple." True enough. But had he executed his orders with anything less than pinpoint precision, Sharp could well have triggered a disaster...
...prevents them from moving too far behind the industry or - what some executives fear even more - so far out that the public will reject their models. Intelligence is also invaluable for marketing and advertising campaigns, which are planned months in advance and can frequently make use of information to pinpoint weaknesses in another company's new line. The right kind of intelligence, on the other hand, can also save companies the embarrassment of duplicating too closely the styling of a competitor. "You need this kind of information," says retired Ford Styling Chief George Walker, "so you know what...
...days, then wait 36 hours for the drug to leave all the body's cells except those that may be cancerous. After that, samples of body fluid drained from the areas involved are centrifuged, spread on filter paper, dried and examined under ultraviolet light. "The smallest pinpoint of bright yellow fluorescence" is considered evidence of cancer, say Dr. Leslie J. Sandlow and Dr. Heinrich Necheles in this week's A.M.A. Journal...