Word: precisionism
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The next day, State Department Spokesman William Dyess said that be sides directly arming and training elements of the Palestine Liberation Organization, for which experts say there is abundant evidence, the Soviets have indirectly helped terrorist organizations through surrogates such as Libya and Cuba. But Dyess said Haig actually was...
LIVING UP to the talent of a writer like Nabokov takes some care and precision. But if this excerpt from Albee's program note is any clue, his intellect is muddied with sentiment when it comes to his predecessor: "The play of Lolita is both Nabokov and Albee...But, that...
The multimillion-dollar mechanism must be crafted with jeweler's precision. The curvature of the mirrors will be ground to an accuracy of better than a millionth of an inch, tolerances that would be wasted in a ground-based instrument because of atmospheric disturbances. The telescope's pointing...
He called the conservation laws "good" and said he had no reservations about enforcing them. In fact, he said, he is more concerned that the purpose of the laws, and the West's ecology, might be damaged should an energy emergency in the future spawn "crisis-oriented, unreasonable" programs...
Even Streep, whose lustrous presence and finely pitched acting skills provide the only reasons for purchasing a ticket, is not cast with total precision. Carroll had a predilection for small girls. Streep is so far from being petite that she might have intimidated that slight figure of a man. However...