Word: precisionism
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Now stationed in New Mexico, these mobile observatories are the first to be used for photographic research on the behavior of meteors. Precision astronomical data obtained by the expedition yielded new information on atmospheric densities and temperatures, confirming some theories and finding others inaccurate.
A lantern-jawed singer with baby-doll bangs and a piano player with a floppy polka-dot bow tie opened and closed their mouths like goldfish sending up bubbles from the bottom of a murky aquarium. The sound of their voices was drowned out by the thumping and puffing of...
Waiting around after class for Helen Maud Cam was a pretty interesting experience. I did it three times and each time a large group of students held her long after the hour, asking questions. It seemed to be the part of the lecture that she enjoyed most. Answering each question...
> The pogo stick, on which children of ;the 1920s hopped like human valve stems, was back. It was now precision built of hollow aluminum tubing and boasted an adjustable, double-action spring.
Art's superstition is only one phase of the nature which keeps his precision plus a 13-hour work day from turning him into an automaton. His sense of humor also helps. When a fan asked him after the Princeton game if Harvard had lost because it had not spent...