Word: targetting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Some of the boy's acquaintances spoke of T.J.'s resentment of Jason Cheek, a popular boy two years older who had lettered in three sports. Cheek had teased Solomon, they said, but it was unclear if the linebacker was a primary target. Cheek, who was shot twice in the leg, was healthy enough Friday to deny taunting Solomon and to joke that the bullet still stuck near his groin would set off the metal detectors he was sure the school would install...
...addition, they measured the stars' "red shift," which indicate the speed at which the stars are receding. Together, the speed and velocity measurements helped the researchers to target the Hubble constant...
...maps that these three organizations consulted showed that the Chinese embassy was still in "old Belgrade," on the other side of town, even though the embassy had moved in 1996. Each of the three institutions cranked the target through its own database. None showed that there was an embassy nearby--"let alone," says a Pentagon official, "directly under the 'aim point.'" These were the third, fourth and fifth mistakes...
...ground in Belgrade verified the target. Since the embassy is a walled compound with a Chinese flag fluttering outside, it would have been easy enough to do. But that would have required a person. So, based on high-tech wizardry that Americans love, the target was deduced. There was no Belgrade-based human to ensure that all the maps, spy photos and databases had zeroed in on the proper target. That was the sixth mistake...
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