Word: precisionism
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Historical Allegory. It is likely that Mao approved some of the attacks, perhaps even those aimed at his powerful Premier. But the campaign was not intended to lead to a purge, and it was controlled-with "surgical precision," as a Canadian analyst put it-when it threatened to become too...
A man, as the German wit L. A. Feuerbach observed, is what he eats. The culinary tastes of Presidents may bear out that maxim. Under Dwight Eisenhower, a state dinner, served with military precision, might feature such Army-wife specialties as Mamie's cherished Chicken Jewel Salad Ring, a...
Nonetheless, Death Wish is dangerous, because it exploits what might even be considered a legitimate fear of assault while conveniently perpetrating an unintelligent fallacy. And this fallacy is uglier than the stupid assumptions that the city is a hellish place or that killing muggers cuts the assault rate. This is...
After talking with him, you don't go back over your notes and discover missing essential ingredients." TIME trusts that Greenspan's precision will be equally appreciated in his new role.
Like all his work, California Split (slang for high-low-split poker) has its own bent rhythm. It gives the feeling of having been made with a stoned offhandedness. In fact, there is a relaxed precision governing everything, even Elliott Gould's mumbled throwaways.