Word: pinpoint
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...There's a new way to Google. If you've got an iPhone, download the Google Mobile App, which lets you speak your Google search terms at the beep - say, "nearest hospital" or "Pinkberry frozen yogurt" - instead of typing them in. Since the iPhone is GPS enabled, it will pinpoint your location and Google will return locally relevant search results...
...homeless in D.C. at the war memorial,” says Emily Alpren, who plays “A.J.,” the heroine. “Just the idea of how we deal with veterans.” Actress Lisette Silva Sanchez says she can’t pinpoint one theme that is any more important than the others: “It’s such a knot...
...It’s titled ‘Salad Days’ because I noticed I have an interest in conjuring memory in my pieces,” Hook says. “Our culture seems to want to pinpoint an era of time. I feel like there’s a tragedy in that concept. Both humor and tragedy in that concept...
...Perhaps more than any of its rivals, Roche sees diagnostic machines and test kits as crucial to assessing and treating disease in the future. That belief, in turn, has led to a laser-sharp focus on "personalized medicine." So, for example, an oncologist will use a genetic test to pinpoint the exact kind of cancer her patient has and then proceed with a highly specific treatment course of Roche drugs. "For a long time, we acted as if all cancers are homogeneous," says David Heimbrook, Roche's V.P. for oncology discovery. "Now, because we can quickly analyze a tumor...
...speech, one teacher expressed doubt about the merits of the controversial reform program. Spellings responded by saying that the act created an accountability system and pushed for nationwide improvements in education. “Only when we have information, do we have something to act on and pinpoint our problems on,” she said. Sarah J. Ehrman, a first-year graduate student in the Education School, said that Spellings’ talk did change her skeptical attitude toward the government’s role in education. Ehrman also said she appreciated the secretary’s comment that...