Word: pinpointing
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...Trasande '94, an HMS student and Adams House tutor, said the profusion of factors in admissions makes it hard to pinpoint what makes Harvard students excel...
...When an AIDS PATIENT has stopped responding to today's "cocktail" drug treatments, doctors have had to guess which drug in the mix was no longer effective. A new blood test will enable them to pinpoint exactly which medication the patient is becoming resistant to--and adjust...
...bland phrase often used to describe the terrible toll of Alzheimer's--connotes balance. In fact, for Reagan, as for all other victims of this degenerative brain disorder, the good days gradually diminish and the bad just get worse. And as with other victims, it's not easy to pinpoint the onset of Reagan's disease. Because he occasionally fumbled details in the 1980s, some speculated that the symptoms started to appear while he was still President. But he had been prone to odd gaffes for decades...
...countries during her 2 1/2 month trip, including Egypt, Greece, Pakistan and Australia. While the plane's cabin will remain unpressurized without oxygen tanks, technology will provide a safety margin to help prevent a duplication of Earhart's failed 1937 journey. Flint will use global positioning satellite technology to pinpoint her location, VHF radio communications to expedite landings and take-offs and an in-cabin computer to communicate via e-mail with school children following her flight on the Internet. Other than a slight detour over northern Africa to avoid political unrest in Sudan, Finch's flight route will follow...
...Other women at the meetings would be surprised at how my mind worked," Myers remembers. "I've always wanted to be a man. I can't pinpoint why. It encompasses all of my life...