Word: pinpointing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Giants moved into an early lead, the Orioles pulled out a 6-4 victory with two runs in the eighth inning. The visiting Giants then went on to trounce the Kansas City Royals 7-4 and the Minnesota Twins 6-3. As always, the hustling Japanese traded on the pinpoint precision of their pitchers and the big bats of Oh and Third Baseman Shigeo Nagashima. Known as "Mr. Giant," Nagashima, 35, who has led the league in hitting and runs batted in five times, earns $130,000 a year. Giants Owner Toru Shoriki, noting that his team drew...
...difficult to predict the lines along which the Party may divide, or how much violence may accompany the split, just as it is hard to pinpoint its ideological or practical basis...
...advantage. Deployment of the SS-9s has been slowed, but the Nixon paper expresses concern that this may be only a pause while improvements are being made. Meanwhile, the U.S. is installing its own multiple-targeted missiles, but they are said to be too inaccurate and too small for pinpoint destruction of Soviet missile sites and are only retaliatory weapons against cities. Nixon is insisting that the U.S. must continue to protect its own sites with the Safeguard ABM system until agreement is reached on the limitation of both offensive and defensive weapons...
...story of the Laos campaign, correspondents have had little choice but to ride to the front in Viet Nam air force (VNAF) helicopters-high risk transportation at best. Comparatively inexperienced, VNAF pilots fly well enough but are poor map readers-a potentially fatal failing in an area where pinpoint accuracy is essential. Three weeks ago, four civilian photographers, including LIFE'S Larry Burrows, were presumably killed when a VNAF helicopter got lost over Laos and was shot down. Staffers of A.P., U.P.I., the New York Times and Washington Post have simply stopped riding with South Vietnamese pilots...
Possible recommendations for reform or abolition of the CRR will be discussed at the meeting. Though the CRR can still function without student representation, the administration will apparently seek to pinpoint the causes of rejection, and possibly resolve them...