Word: targetting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...recent evidence that shows the sun's energy is used to accelerate heavier particles motivated the group to target the more massive proton on this mission, Kohl said...
...have a car, Wolf's will prove tough to get to. If you're worried about the raised eyebrows you'll elicit from your armchair-liberal blockmates when you glowingly recount how great if felt to plug the silhouette on your target right between his beady little eyes, maybe you should stick to the Kevin Bacon game...
...city's municipal workforce is 25 percent minority, nearly identical to the city's overall rate of 24.7 percent and significantly higher than Greater Boston's 13.9 percent. In addition, the city has met its goals in nearly all employment sectors. Administration, however, remains 3 points below the target rate of 16.3 percent...
...deep discount to its face value. The interest payments are built into the price at which the holder redeems the bond when it matures in five to 30 years. Zeros are easily obtained through a broker, and there's a series of mutual funds called American Century Benham Group Target Maturities (800-345-2021) that invests in nothing but zeros. Those funds have been top performers this year...
Exiled from his beloved Venice, Europe's legendary libertine has settled uneasily in London, doing what comes naturally. Which is to say feasting, matching wits with the likes of Samuel Johnson and, of course, wenching. Alas, the main target of his lust is Marie Charpillon, a smart little tart who is rather more skillful at keeping Giacomo Casanova out of her petticoats than he is at getting into them. The thrusts and ploys of this frustrated courtship are stylishly recounted by an English-born novelist, expanding upon an episode in his subject's vast memoir. Miller's limning of London...