Word: pinpoint
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Should researchers pinpoint that genetic defect, the next step will be to develop a simple diagnostic test. Doctors now recommend that everyone over 50 periodically undergo routine, if unpleasant, examinations with a proctosigmoidoscope, a hollow, lighted tube that is inserted in the colon to look for signs of cancer. A blood test that could alert people that they carried a greater risk of developing colorectal cancer might motivate them to seek frequent checkups...
...with the latest technological advances in medicine and artillery, the superhuman Robocop, his memory erased and his mind reprogrammed to "uphold the law," hits the streets of the city's crime-ridden districts. A combination of the Terminator, Dirty Harry and a Campbell's soup can, Robocop shoots with pinpoint accuracy, deflects bullets like an armored car, and handles his machine-gun sidearm like a cowboy...
Harvard has yet to pinpoint exactly how the money should be spent. The Business School currently offers one optional course in ethics, "Ethical Aspects of Corporate Policy," which last year attracted only 60 out of the 800 second-year students eligible to take the course...
...first generation of nuclear weapons were the fission bombs of the 1940s and early '50s. In their quest for more powerful blasts, scientists developed fusion bombs, which became the second generation of nuclear weapons. Now a third generation is being developed that stresses finesse and pinpoint targeting...
...artist dies in a prestigious big- city hospital after a rather routine gallbladder operation. The state health department investigates and finds the hospital guilty of a range of "deficiencies," in both preparing the patient for surgery and providing follow-up care. The city's chief medical examiner fails to pinpoint the cause of death and refers the case to the district attorney for possible criminal investigation. Meanwhile the hospital cries foul, complaining that the allegations are "uniformly incorrect." It acknowledges guilt of only minor procedural lapses in supervising nurses, none of which contributed to the artist's death...