Word: precisionism
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At twelve he made his acting debut in a play about fairies called The Goldfish. At 17 he had graduated from playing the "juve" and was delivering his lines with that crisp, ironic, haughty precision that an entire generation of actors subsequently learned not to imitate lest they sound like...
Died. Fourteen members of the U.S. Army's Golden Knights, the precision parachuting team that since 1959 has been performing at Army air shows across the U.S.; when their plane exploded and crashed while carrying the team to an exhibition; between Silver City and Silk Hope, N.C.
The essential characteristic of all modern computers is speed. Their prodigious memories can be probed with split-second precision; they can race through reams of complex equations with astonishing agility. Their swift skill is made possible by a battery of relatively simple devices, transistors that can turn an electric current...
Threading the gates with characteristic quick-knee action and aggressive precision, Steele made minor errors on each run which precluded a chance at the top.
The Faculty did approve one of Paul's motions last week, chartering a review of the Commission on Inquiry. What, in the context of a University democracy, should such a commission do? The logical precision which tells us that students should be judged by peers indicates a commission representative of...