Word: precisionism
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The first political kidnaping in West German history was carried out with almost military precision. Lorenz's black Mercedes was cut off by a truck and rammed in the rear by a red Fiat. When Lorenz's chauffeur got out to discuss the accident with the Fiat'...
The story of recruits giving precision orders on how they would like to have their hair cut was fed to me by recruiters. It was a total lie-we were given uniform half-minute sheep shearings-no choice whatsoever.
Died. Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, 66; in his sleep; on his estate in Sussex, England. As Earl Marshal of England, the duke choreographed royal weddings and funerals with such clockwork precision that he complained that Winston Churchill's state funeral was "two minutes late." Asked...
A hulking man with a sonorous voice and a formidable court presence, Homans builds his defense with a stern precision based on diligent research and a certain irascible doggedness. One prosecution witness who spent five minutes testifying that the fetus breathed before it died found he had to spend another...
Nureyev's determination is nowhere more evident than in class with Stanley Williams, a coach at the School of the American Ballet. Dressed in thick gray leg warmers and a tired white leotard, Nureyev looks sloppier than the rest. A pianist pumps out This Nearly Was Mine while the...