Word: pinpoint
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...even the toughest critics acknowledge that these studies have enormous potential. "We will eventually be able to pinpoint every difference between every animal on the planet," says Lovejoy. "And every time you throw another genome, like the gorilla's, into the mix, you increase the chances even more...
...anxious time when job stability seems a distant memory, Gossip Stoppers is just one of a host of pinpoint-focused consultancies tapping into a pervasive yearning for equilibrium. Is your trust busted? They'll fix it. Too many sourpusses on staff? Likability training will sweeten dispositions. Been putting off hiring a consultant? Good news, procrastination preventers are standing by, if only you would ... well, that's an issue, isn't it? These nicheperts are part of a growing coalition of consultants who, unlike the all-you-can-eat practices, limit their work to bite-size pieces. They range from...
...first went through looking for photos that had the wrong dates attached. (Note: If you don?t set your camera?s date and time, you will pay dearly later on!) By consulting my calendar and the names of the folders I kept the pictures in, I was able to pinpoint pretty much every shot and re-date it so that it fell in more or less chronologically with the others. Clicking a calendar icon, I could see what pictures I took on any given day going back nearly five years...
Right now, Murray contends, that mine is looking pretty dark. While the state's otter population is holding steady at nearly 2,700, projections show that number should already have reached at least 13,000. The next step, say scientists, is to pinpoint--then shut down--the sources of runoff that are pouring toxins into the otters' playgrounds...
...early phases. Ball throwing and racquet sports become uncomfortable but you can still manage to play - it's the pain later on, especially at night, that first brings the patients in. Overhead activities like putting up books or stacking dishes on a high shelf give the same hard-to-pinpoint shoulder and upper-arm pain. Cuff patients start avoiding movements that make them exert force at a distance from their bodies; fanning a blanket out over a bed, putting a child in a car seat, opening a window. There are, of course, some devoted athletes, who first complain...