Word: precisionism
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Harvard's Mike Shyjan found himself stagnating in a similar predicament. The nation's 11th-rated singles player dominated his first set over Matt Maltby at second singles but lost his precision in the second stanza. Maltby capitalized on Shyjan's erratic service game to prevail in the middle frame...
Director Kathryn Bigelow is Hollywood's suavest young stylist. Trained as a painter, she brings glamour, precision and thrill to every image. This film, bound as it is by action-movie conventions, hasn't the originality of her stunning horror drama Near Dark, and toward the end Blue Steel spins...
This technology, like much else portrayed in The Hunt for Red October, is authentic. The U.S. Navy has the capability to track Soviet submarines with just such precision, electronically gathering underwater sound waves through sonar (sound navigation and ranging). The movie's depiction of a Soviet sub that can run...
A come-from-nowhere pug gets a shot at the heavyweight title. His beloved mother has just died; the mother of his own son is suffering from a severe kidney ailment. His body is depleted by penicillin shots and antihistamines taken for a nagging infection. And now he must step...
The seemingly insatiable appetite for polls arises because they satisfy so many editorial needs. In times of uncertainty they offer apparent objectivity and precision. On otherwise slow news days they track the excitement of public opinion on the march. ("Watch out! Here comes 'Big Mo.' ") They promise a window into...