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Word: pinpointed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...break with linemate Jackie Burke. Hughes lured the lone defender, and using the screen, Harvard's top goal scorer tattooed the upper left corner from 15 feet. Freshman David Burke, the center on George's line, freed Hughes and Jack Burke for the two-on-one with a pinpoint pass...

Author: By Peter Mcloughlin, | Title: George Hughes is Just the Utter Most | 12/13/1978 | See Source »

...prevent his book from becoming an endless series of dated skulls and cranium sizes, Leakey goes beyond the cell of paleontology. He uses his fossil discoveries to speculate about the nature of ancestral societies. Leakey pieces together his chips and bones and then tries to pinpoint social and economic attributes of the hunter-gatherer bands that once inhabited the earth...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: Leakey's Ancient Visions | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

Charles J. Krause Jr., sanitary inspector for the health services, and director of the investigation, said he feels a "little like Quincy and Columbo together." Television allusions aside, Krause added that because of complicated laboratory procedures involved in diagnosing the infection, he cannot preduct when the investigators will pinpoint the source...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Not On The Menu | 10/21/1978 | See Source »

Fertel said the task force wants to "pinpoint those areas in financial aid where people have been burned and send out information to clarify aid policies...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: Dean, Students Meet, Discuss GSAS Reform | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

...last two matches, at Boca Raton, Fla., and Tokyo earlier this year, the younger Borg (now 22, vs. 25 for Connors) was clearly superior. His metronomic groundstrokes raked the corners of the court, upsetting Connors' rhythm and preventing him from battling back with the laser passing shots and pinpoint volleys that are his best strokes. But it was Borg's serve that made this the quickest (107 min.) and most definitive Wimbledon men's final since 1974, when Connors pasted Ken Rosewall in a straight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Swedish-Czech Coronation | 7/17/1978 | See Source »

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