Word: pinpoint
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Haley can even pinpoint the moment his old world stopped. It was Jan 31, 1977, the morning after the last episode of Roots was aired. Many writ ers find their lives altered by a bestselling book, but perhaps no other writer in history, from Homer to Norman Mailer, has been hit so hard so suddenly with so great a success. Roots as a book was already a bestseller; then came the TV triumph, which sent hundreds of thousands of additional read ers out to look for the book, making it the No. 1 nonfiction bestseller...
...past six seasons, three of Torrey's kids-Potvin, Trottier and Bossy -paid off with N.H.L. Rookie of the Year awards. Under Coach Al Arbour's system, the whole team plays tight positional hockey, emphasizing pinpoint passing rather than rink-long rushes. Says Arbour: "We draft players we think will conform. When we get down to the final list we'll take a guy who fits-even if he's got less talent...
...Dean, with the refrain, "He's a better man than you are, Gunga Dean"? His pieces were lively, if spiteful. They were sometimes relieved by his love of puns, which he has since learned to check. He continues with zest and doggedness but not always with fairness or pinpoint accuracy to go after Democratic wrongdoing. Bert Lance knows his sting, and so does House Speaker Tip O'Neill. Safire's coverage of Lance won him a Pulitzer...
...statement said, "The tragedy of May 4, 1970 should not have occurred," but did not pinpoint responsibility for the shootings...
...second day of play, Fitzgibbons began to hit pinpoint irons but Dales slipped off his pace of the previous round. Dales says, "I just didn't have much of a short game. Spence played really well at the beginning but we didn't have anything to show for it so we kind of fell apart...