Word: precisionism
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Dovotees of the arts have been forced by their comparative weakness into a belligerently defensive attitude. They cultivate a contempt for precision and a horror of practicality. Thus the scientists, seeing artistry in this artificial light, become more firmly satisfied of their own essential correctness. Between the arts and the...
First of its kind that anyone knew of, the test showed the vault airtight, hence watertight. With safety-deposit boxes only six inches from the floor, the bank's officials deemed the possibility of a flooded basement real enough to be guarded against. The door was built by York...
Insurance v. Reserves- The European plan is based on the assumption that unemployment is an insurable risk, like death, fire and accident, which over a long range recurs with mathematical precision. The American plan advocates argue that there is no such mathematical certainty about unemployment, that it cannot, properly speaking...
Dartmouth, for instance, whitewashed Norwich 39-0 despite the fact that the Norwich Cadets are reported to be "better than average" this season. Not one pass did the Indians have to use all afternoon; only twice did they resort to deception. The rest of the time it was a case...
The one weak link in any armored car service is the 15 seconds between the opening of the car door, to let out the armed guard and a cash carrier at a pick-up point, and the closing and locking of that door from the inside by the driver. At...