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Modern researchers have determined that there are acupuncture points which range in size from a pinpoint to the size of a silver dollar that do in fact exist. But they claim there are at least a thousand of them. The whole idea of meridians, however, along the Eastern philosophy of Yin and Yang, is alien to conventional Western thought...

Author: By Sydney P. Freedberg, | Title: Acupuncture: Is the West Ready For It? | 9/30/1974 | See Source »

...hard to pinpoint exactly why a group so united in outrage as the vendors that first Saturday night could be so contented in complacency 20 days later. Many of the more active strikers went back to college, others were no longer fascinated with the thrill of labor-management confrontations...

Author: By Jim Cramer, | Title: Balls and Strikes and Strikes | 9/16/1974 | See Source »

Robbins said that the Busch Reisinger "needs [financial] help" and that Seidel's work will help pinpoint the Museum's specific needs. She will assume the post July 1 and continue for at least one year, Robbins said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seidel Named to New Post at Busch | 5/29/1974 | See Source »

Harvard executed well but failed to dent the nets consistently. Pinpoint passing was not enough to surpass the efforts of the aggressive Bengal offense. Starting Princeton goalie Bill Cronin also turned in a fine performance...

Author: By Philip Weiss, | Title: Princeton Tops Harvard Stickmen, 12-7, Deals Crimson Lacrossemen Fourth Ivy Loss | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

...issue became public health. Asbestos fibers had been discovered in the drinking water that five communities, including Duluth, 60 miles down the shoreline, draw from Lake Superior. Federal scientists pinpoint Reserve's taconite tailings as the source of the asbestos. Company experts say that the material leaches naturally out of surrounding rock formations. Either way, the minute fibers are dangerous. If ingested or inhaled-and particles have been detected in the air over Reserve's Silver Bay plant-asbestos can cause cancer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLLUTION: The Classic Case | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

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