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Word: pinpointing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...valves, pumps and fuel rods. Moreover, the engineers should have been able to cool the reactor to a safe level within twelve hours. Only after the reactor core has fully cooled and the abnormal radiation levels within the container building have been reduced will investigators be able to pinpoint the sequence of mechanical failure, as well as any human mistakes that might have been made. On that issue?human error?there are contradictory statements as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Nuclear Nightmare | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

...annoyance of the state's teachers, James has ordered that achievement tests be given to students in public elementary schools and has suggested that a method be devised to grade teachers as well. His object is to pinpoint problem schools. James has also proposed diverting $70 million from the state's sprawling, 58-campus higher education system to elementary and secondary schools; Alabama now ranks 47th in the nation in expenditures per pupil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Tale of Two Rookies | 4/2/1979 | See Source »

...that they never die, but only move into the Houses? Both apply to Thebes Like Us, currently playing at Leverett Old Library. It remains essentially a weak Pudding script plus women, but sans the big budget and skilled hands guiding and controlling a campy flavor. It's hard to pinpoint the blame for Thebes's failure--whether it's Andrew Sellon's book and Andrew Schulman's music, or the production itself, directed by Sellon. But the evening ends up empty--bordering on the amateurish rather than the amateur...

Author: By Alice A. Brown, | Title: Mummy Never Knew | 3/15/1979 | See Source »

Mark L. Olsen '82, a member of the council's Freshman Dean's Office Advisory Committee, which wrote the survey, said yesterday the survey is designed to "pinpoint the major problems of the freshman class and to point them out to University authorities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Council's Survey Feedback Will Reinforce New Policy Proposals | 3/7/1979 | See Source »

...poor design of Canaday has caused the problems, Marciano said. The built-in metal gutters along the roof expand and contract, breaking joints and producing hairline cracks which are difficult to pinpoint, he added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Canaday Roof Leaks Plague Residents | 2/28/1979 | See Source »

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