Word: precisionism
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"After the actual photography work had been done on September 21, the day of the eclipse, the plates were returned to California and measured with an unquestionable precision. Five-sixths of the plates have been measured at the present time, and inasmuch as no great difference of displacement is expected...
The British and Italian notes advised Germany to make the substantial offer; that is, an offer of $11,900,000,000 and "to indicate with greater precision the nature of the guarantees they are disposed to offer." They also expressed disappointment that Germany had shown a lack of effort in...
Willard fought with all the precision of a thoughtful elephant. He showed himself ill equipped for the defense; his offense was ponderous. His chief pugilistic virtue seems to be an infinite capacity for taking punishment.
Francis Ouimet: " I was the last American golfer to be eliminated from the British Amateur Championship Tournament. Roger Wethered beat me. I wrote to The New York World: ' His shots were played with precision and effect, and his putting was simply delightful. . . . He is a lovely chap and I...
In reality, the battle is only half won by even the most thorough understanding of an assignment, for the modern curriculum is essentially scientific in nature and demands the employment of an accurate terminology. It would be absurd to describe a machine in terms of a zoological science, and it...