Word: precisionism
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Known for its quality and versatility, the Swiss Army Knife has long been the favored possession of many an adventurer. But can Swiss Army Sunglasses inspire the same level of affection? Switzerland's Victorinox, manufacturer of the famed blade, has given permission to its U.S. distributors to use the high...
A. I know for an absolute fact that neither I nor John Sununu, nor indeed the President of the United States, knows David Souter's views with any precision on the whole question of Roe v. Wade and Webster.
That, to be sure, is a worst-imaginable-case assessment of the possible costs of a U.S.-Iraq war. The actual costs might not be quite that disastrous; they would in any case depend on a string of variables so long -- (the length of the war, number of troops involved...
Still, with upkeep of a 105-ft. by 84-ft. lawn running about $4,000 a year and a set of croquet equipment costing as much as $3,500, the sport's appeal to the masses is limited. The court at Sonoma-Cutrer, built on 16 in. of sand from...
Hubble never had an easy time. After the launch, engineers had to fiddle with stubborn antennas that refused to extend. When the antennas were fixed, the messages that came back to Earth indicated that the spacecraft was wobbling: when it swung from darkness to sunlight, the sun's rays striking...