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Word: pinpoints (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard's biggest chance in the half came on a breakaway created by stellar dribbling and a pinpoint feed from freshman Jason Luzak. But senior Derek Mills' shot sailed wide...

Author: By Andy Fine, | Title: Stanford Slips Men Booters, 2-1 | 9/28/1989 | See Source »

...solar astronomers persist? "We are driven to an understanding of the sun," says Robert Howard, an astronomer at the National Solar Observatory in Tucson. "It is an enormous lab. It is a Rosetta stone for the study of the stars. With other stars, all you have is a pinpoint of light. By understanding more about the sun, we can learn more about the distant stars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Fury on The Sun | 7/3/1989 | See Source »

...should like to point out that Poppe was a Baltic German, not a Russian, and very anti-Stalin. The statement that he helped the Nazis pinpoint Jewish centers in the parts of the USSR occupied by the Germans is odd since he did not even know where the "Jewish centers" were in his native city of Leningrad. He was not considered as an informant on Soviet affairs by various specialist on Mongolia and Mongolian. I have not read the book reported in the Crimson but it sounds somewhat sensational. Richard N. Frye Aga Khan Professor of Iranian

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Poppe | 4/6/1989 | See Source »

Ultimately, forensic experts foresee the creation of computerized banks of DNA prints. Washington State's King County is wasting no time. Beginning in January, the county plans to take DNA samples from all convicted sex offenders. The aim: a DNA library that will pinpoint the owners of genetic fingerprints left at the scenes of future crimes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Convicted by Their Genes | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

Under such a system, Jesse Jackson could nail Bush on the Reagan Administration's attempts to gut the Voting Rights Act and to reduce federal grants for low-income students. Sam Nunn or Al Gore could specifically pinpoint wasteful defense systems and force Bush to explain how he would guard against another procurement mess in the Pentagon...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

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