Word: pinpointing
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...pinpoint experiences her books are "about" or events that "affected" them, offering instead the anecdote of a farmer neighbor whose barn caught fire several years ago. The entire herd of cattle was brought out unharmed, suffering no visible effects; five months later, though, all the cows miscarried. Rather than assess and second-guess her own delayed shock values. Atwood states her preference for filling the months between novels--when the emotional and creative cycles don't overlap--with writing T.V. docudramas and adaptations, her mental equivalent of a jog around the block...
BECAUSE HE DEVOTES the bulk of Truth . . . And Consequences to tracing the wins and losses of the seven heroes who spoke their minds, Mitchell can never pinpoint precisely why so few Americans are brave enough to speak out. However, citing a recent trend towards making more government officials accountable for their actions, the author optimistically notes...
...fared poorly compared with tape. The bright hope is what vid whizzes call interactive discs. These can instruct the viewer in a variety of pursuits or, wired through a home computer, can let him seek specific help. On one prototype, for example, a viewer with a troublesome bicycle can pinpoint the malfunctioning part of a two-wheeler, and the disc will show him how to repair it. Unfortunately, RCA would have to redesign its existing machines to enable them to play these interactive discs. If interactives are indeed the salvation of disc machines, RCA's are incompatible with...
...months has to stake out its position on a budget for fiscal 1983. Indeed, Reagan already has on his immediate schedule nine lengthy meetings with White House staffers and Cabinet officers to sort out the conflicting requests of the various departments. The President is faced with the need to pinpoint some $40 billion in new spending cuts for fiscal 1983, and then get a restive Congress to agree. So the din of budget clashes is destined to grow even louder and prove all but interminable...
...compensate, Cuccia does not pass from the pocket but rather throws on the run, moving left, moving right, backward, forward, underhand, sidearm and even (twice this year) left-handed. Nobody questions his arm ("I've seen him pinpoint guys 55 yards downfield in practice," says running back Scott McCabe), but his effectiveness throwing long is another matter...