Word: precisionism
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Yet Roddenberry's old optimism seems to be prevailing. "Gene Roddenberry had a point of view that space is infinite as far as we know, and therefore the possibilities for stories are infinite," says Brent Spiner, with Data- like precision. "In the original series, I think they had explored some...
A minor ankle sprain kept the All-American out of the game, forcing Tomassoni to jumble his lines. The hurting the precision that was evident the night before.
His knuckles, marred with scabs, whiten as he squeezes a silver Zippo lighter, which looks large in his small and fragile hands. He snaps open the lighter with practiced precision, then lights a Marlboro and sucks it furiously. "My sister turned seven in April. Do you know what we did...
The progress of the plot is revealed in vignette form, with the actors occasionally narrating, giving lessons in the language of the various countries on the voyage, or analyzing the psychological states of the characters. Colors signify changes of mood and locale, as do changes in music. One dream-sequence...
Second, and more importantly, reporters are usually resourceful enough to find out what happened at meetings from which they were barred. However, the precision of such "back-reporting" is inevitably lower than if the reporter were actually present at the event.