Word: pinpointing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...need for drastic behavior change. It might be prudent to say that if you're predisposed to RA - whether because you possess the other risk factors or because you have a genetic susceptibility - it might be wise to cut back on the morning brew. So, until scientists can pinpoint the definite link, do your joints a favor and percolate with care...
Sure, after a sip or two you can tell the difference between a Pouilly-Fume and a Pouilly-Fuisse, but can you pinpoint the region from which your after-dinner chocolate hails? That's the latest challenge facing today's gustatory snobs, who in this age of excess must find new ways to set their palates apart from those of the masses. Let them eat Milky Ways and M&M's. The true elite prefer dark chocolate, these days known as pure dark or grand cru or vintage or whatever other nomenclature specialty companies such as Sharffen Berger, E. Guittard...
...pinpoint the exact date it started, but I know that by March 1--the day I left my room to turn in my thesis--I could not see anything farther than two feet in front of me. Two feet was the distance of my computer monitor from my chair. When I tried any activity beyond that radius, my "concussion" returned with a vengeance...
...strikes. Pentagon researchers are busy developing aviation assets even tinier than such mechanical sparrows. They're training honeybees, parasitic wasps and giant sphinx moths to detect land mines and caches of biological and chemical weapons. Outfitted with radio backpacks, each smaller than a grain of rice, the insects will pinpoint the location of such deadly weapons for destruction by U.S. forces...
...Monday, losing more than 5 percent of its value in a brisk sell-off that also took the Dow down more than 250 points before both markets recovered in late-afternoon trading - the Dow finishing down 84 points down and the Nasdaq shedding 26.2 points. While analysts struggled to pinpoint a precise reason for the market's stormy Monday, the specter of more interest-rate hikes was a recurring theme, particularly in light of record trade-deficit figures released last week that signaled the economy is still expanding at a pace that has Fed chairman Greenspan nervous. "The dominant view...