Word: precisionism
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Professional Pessimism. With Ronnie Knox calling the shots, the Bruins looked as bright as their billing. Linemen charged with bone-crushing power, wingbacks moved with split-second precision. When defense men tackled, their opponents dropped. In all, Ronnie completed six passes, three for touchdowns. Whenever he wanted to keep the...
¶ A six-ton elephant heaves up a trunk as thick as a small tree, curls it back as delicately as a debutante's pinky, and with exquisite precision wipes a bit of foreign matter out of his eye.
Professorially absent-minded about most other things, Stapp at work is a man possessed. Hand, mind and eye move with tireless precision. His energy is a constant challenge to subordinates, for he is a man who knows what he wants to do and prefers to do it himself. He may...
Even before the Achilleus sailed, a couple of hatbrims were turned ostentatiously aside. One was that of Shipowner Niarchos, who, fed up with Elsa's publicity, loudly disclaimed any connection with the cruise. ("I did get a boat for her. but I don't see why I should...
'Arf & 'Arf. Only in Los Angeles, with its oil and movie millions, says Connie Hilton, could he build a place like the Beverly Hilton. From start to finish, it has been his own special baby. To make sure that everything goes just right at the opening, Hilton even...