Word: precisionism
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Winston Balks. Five companies of Foot Guards, brave in their two-foot bearskins, scarlet tunics and white belts, wheeled in long-lined precision into Whitehall's Horse Guards Parade. Each man was polished until he shone: each had been issued a lump of barley sugar, which was supposed to...
Goody Goody (The Modernaires; Coral). An oldtimer turned out with precision by a group that has kept the spirit of its famous days with Glenn Miller.
Schubert's Fifth Symphony is not a strikingly original work--its precision and simple, transparent orchestration show the influence of Mozart, but in its broad melodies and sudden modulations it is pure Schubert. The orchestra played it perfectly. I do not believe the string section has ever produced such light...
On his second trip through the same labyrinth, Theseus shows his talent. This time he never blunders, never touches the walls. He scurries along the corridors, whisks around the turns and gets to the cheese in twelve to 15 seconds. If he starts at a part of the maze that...
Bottleneck Stopper. One of the chief bottlenecks of aircraft production, the making of turbine blades for jet engines, may be solved by a new machine developed by England's Omes, Ltd. Already in operation at the Utica (N.Y.) Drop Forge & Tool Corp., the machine precision-forges blades in half...