| 单词 | inexact |
| 例句 | An inexact distance that holds nothing but Ally’s words. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Their intelligence about the organization was often inexact. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Within a few hundred years, the big men acquired *Here, as elsewhere in this book, I am being chronologically inexact. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I said yes, even though my knowledge of the gaming world is vague and inexact, picked up from occasional glimpses over shoulders and back-seat conversations between my two sons. Lara Croft battles male jerks 2012-06-14T16:15:00Z But, at the same time, each in its own way is a deliberately inexact likeness of its more famous progenitor. Elaine Sturtevant, Appropriation Artist, Is Dead at 89 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z But audiences have been slow to sign up for paid subscriptions to content they’re accustomed to getting for free, and film and television development — a notoriously inexact science — hasn’t proved to be a reliable moneymaker. Podcast Companies, Once Walking on Air, Feel the Strain of Gravity 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z It was a messy, inexact process that invariably led to mistakes on the final negatives. Shooting from the Hipstamatic: how I wised up to my smartphone's potential 2013-03-01T15:58:35Z And precisely because the act of putting one's ideas to paper is so inexact, there are vast differences between the ways that composers understand and use musical notation. Marc-Andr? Hamelin: Performer or composer? 2010-08-26T21:44:00Z This inexact technique allows some of the bits of bread to fall away and become crumblike and crunchy, while the rest stay larger, like delicious golden-brown geodes with wild-looking exteriors and tender, chewy insides. A Salad for Crouton Lovers 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z “So antisemite means anti-Mediterranean. The expression was only applied to Jews after the Holocaust and World War II. It is inexact and means nothing.” Jean-Luc Godard, Daring Director Who Shaped the French New Wave, Dies at 91 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z But the emphasis is on fields bustling with tulips, sunflowers and such, made more imposing by playfully inexact perspective. In the galleries: Brentwood Arts Exchange filled with flora 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z “It’s an unbelievably inexact science,” said Ms. Swartz, whose firm, Strategy PR, has worked on campaigns for “Boyhood” and “The Revenant.” The Oscar Season Sizzles, Strictly by Design 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Not to mention that social science is, well, an inexact science. How a Group of Heretical Thinkers Chipped Away at the Idea of ‘Us’ and ‘Them’ 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z It’s an inexact comparison, of course—whole brains surely must be more valuable than tissues samples, so perhaps the Texas brain collection is worth significantly more. The Black-Market Value of 100 Brains: Less Than One Good Kidney 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z Okay, this is an inexact science, and perhaps those sales should be attributed as much to the 50th anniversary publicity and renewed interest in the author as they are to that garish red cover. Don't judge The Bell Jar by its cover 2013-02-01T14:19:46Z “My mother’s relationship to quantities, weights, and measures was, to say the least, inexact,” Salman writes in a foreword for the new edition of his sister’s book. What the Rushdies Ate 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z And when Amstrup described the care he took in his statistical modeling, I came away assured that the population projections were as ironclad as could be hoped for in this inexact field. Polar bears just might outlive us all 2012-12-30T16:00:00Z In “Tradition,” Eliot explicitly rejects that formula, calling it “inexact”: “it is neither emotion, nor recollection, nor, without distortion of meaning, tranquility.” A Hundred Years of T. S. Eliot’s “Tradition and the Individual Talent” 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z This is because the components they are constructed with — resistors and capacitors and inductors and such — are themselves inexact. From “phreaks” to Apple: Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak’s “eureka!” moment 2013-02-16T14:00:00Z Our system is one built on the shifty variable that is human perception: criticism is an inexact science, a snapshot of a single moment. REVIEW: 45 Years Later, Led Zeppelin I Remains Transcendent 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z He was a paradox in spectacles, an exacting presence who helped to produce inexact outcomes. Perspective | ‘Nothing ever ends’: Sorting through Rumsfeld’s knowns and unknowns 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Though the conductor Gianandrea Noseda led a performance that balanced passion with refinement, there were many moments of inexact coordination with the singers. Opera Review: A Modern ?Traviata,? Where Time Keeps Ticking 2011-01-02T17:15:26Z There were rough patches in the playing: some inexact entrances and skittish bursts of brass. Music Review | Yannick N?zet-S?guin: Youthful Intensity, Onstage and in the Program 2010-02-19T04:51:00Z Measuring the popularity of “Friends” as a teaching resource is an inexact science because so many people watch it outside of formal classrooms. How ‘Friends’ Helps People Around the World Learn English 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z It is an inexact survey, since a single viewer can vote many times. ArtsBeat: Colton Dixon Voted Off 'American Idol' 2012-04-20T03:31:44Z The fact is, things get very inexact as it becomes increasingly unclear whether scenes we’re seeing represent the characters’ reality or whether it’s what they’re experiencing in a trance state induced by Elizabeth. ‘Trance’: Hypnotic heist thriller plays mind games 2013-04-11T20:42:14Z This is, as we readily admit, a fraught and inexact sorting, since there’s no simple consensus among scholars and critics as to what constitutes an African American movie. Chris Rock Is Right: Hollywood Isn't Fair to Black Films 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Tracking the blips and dips in tour dates for concert venues can be an inexact science. Barclays Center Drops a New Ticket Vendor for Its Old One: Ticketmaster 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z If those scenes are factually inexact, they are, however, emotionally true. Beauty and Beast: the book Dominique Strauss-Kahn wanted to ban 2013-02-27T17:08:01Z In normal times, it might not be advisable to foist such an inexact analogy between Trump and Caesar. Shakespeare and the politics of our age: Trump, 'Julius Caesar' and now 'Richard II' 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z No syrup pumps are used at Black Tap, because they are too inexact. How to find a great cup of coffee in Charleston, S.C. — or wherever you go 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z We found what seemed to be a greater number of recipes that were flawed or inexact or just plain puzzling as to how they ended up in print. Washington Post Food section’s best cookbooks of 2014 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z It's an inexact science and often results either in audience members being turned away or there being empty seats. Of course Rupert Murdoch's evil, but that doesn't mean he's wrong 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z While social media comments are an inexact gauge of public opinion, both her tweet and one from Gay Star News were overwhelmed by support for Ms. Jackson. Paris Jackson Apologizes for Harper’s Bazaar Cover in Singapore, Where Gay Rights Lag 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z It was, Miller says, "full of absolutely superb comments", which ranged from spotting anachronisms to continuity errors to inexact uses of language. The lost art of editing 2011-02-11T14:05:33Z While the figure may be inexact, as outliers can skew the average, the housing price increase in White Salmon mirrors exploding prices throughout the touristy Gorge region. White Salmon, a Gorge vacation hot spot, can’t staff its restaurants 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z Justice Thomas acknowledged that the new standard was inexact. Supreme Court to Hear Major Guns Case Involving Domestic Violence 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Realism wasn’t the point; certainly it was an inexact portrayal of the workings of a football team, off and on the pitch. Is this the end of 'Ted Lasso'? If it was, it didn't disappoint 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z While the findings account for inflation, WMO cautioned that estimating the economic toll can be an inexact science, and the reports could understate the actual damage. UN agency: 2M killed, $4.3 trillion in damages from extreme weather over past half-century 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Since the court took up the case on an expedited basis, on its so-called shadow docket, the justices could dissent without saying so publicly, making counting the votes an inexact science. In Abortion Pill Ruling, the Supreme Court Trades Ambition for Prudence 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z The agency said information supplied by ChatGPT “doesn’t always correspond to real data, thus determining the keeping of inexact personal data.” Italy privacy watchdog blocks ChatGPT, citing data breach 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Measuring surging, moving waves is an inexact and time-consuming science. 'The horizon turned black'- riding the world's biggest wave 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Brady retired last month as the GOAT, a stark reminder that projecting pro success will always be an inexact science and the NFL scouting combine doesn’t always make or break a player. Brady, Brown prove combine flops can become NFL stars 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Yet owners blather on with hazy, inexact, elusive terms about finding a coach with “vision,” squawking indistinctly as they deflect examination of their utter hackishness. Perspective | NFL owners have a problem hiring coaches: They’re lousy at it 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z “Although historical numbers are inexact guides and future threats could radically change circumstances, the case for reduction is strong,” he wrote. Brass bloat? Critics debate cutting number of U.S. generals, admirals 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z That is an inexact science, and there is a risk that officials will cause a painful recession as they try to slow down the economy. Consumer Spending Cooled in November as Closely Watched Inflation Gauge Slowed 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Maryland’s athletic department crafts these marketing efforts, imagines ways to enhance the fan experience and works through the inexact science of ticket pricing. Maryland football’s attendance trouble has challenging solution: Win more 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z October is a painfully inexact science for an industry slowly whittling varied approaches into one data-driven consensus. Analysis | The Brave approach: Extend young talent and become a consistent contender 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Codifying a nation’s cuisine is an inexact science that can constrain the representation of a culture’s palate. Your Thursday Briefing: China’s Covid Testing Problems 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z The complex algorithmic calculations that go into determining what qualifies as noise pollution remain an inexact science. A neighborhood’s cryptocurrency mine: ‘Like a jet that never leaves’ Defense officials said comparisons with previous years are inexact because of changes to the survey’s questions. Sexual assault in military continues to rise despite efforts to reverse 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z The point is, identifying and landing an elite quarterback is an inexact science. Here’s why the Seahawks shouldn’t tank for a franchise QB 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Twitter attorney Bradley Wilson argued in court Wednesday that spam counts were merely an estimate, supported by regulatory disclosures that emphasized the inexact nature of the count. Elon Musk attorneys raise Twitter whistleblower complaint in court 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Trying to parse out which factors mattered in any election is always an inexact science, even more so in a down-ballot campaign that attracted minimal polling. GOP fascism rises, despite Kansas vote 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z That turnover makes predicting USC’s defensive prowess this season an inexact science. Five questions ahead of USC's first fall football camp under Lincoln Riley 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Professor Ford said that comparisons to former President Donald J. Trump are inexact because Mr. Johnson ultimately accepted the process that ousted him. Gentle Into That Good Night? Not Boris Johnson. 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Card grading is inexact yet critical for these transactions. What a rare Juan Soto baseball card says about the price of fandom 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z The analogy is inexact, but today, as information technology transforms warfare, the Marine Corps has been facing what might be dubbed the “Revolt of the Generals.” Opinion | The top Marine faces unprecedented opposition. He says that’s ‘positive.’ 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z When things become fixed with the words we have for them — because language is inexact — our perception also becomes inexact. She went to Colombia to exhume her grandfather — and returned with a blazing memoir 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z He refers to the draft as “an inexact process” and based more on what a prospect is worth on that particular day and less on a projection of how that player can develop over time. NHL Draft: The risk of attending and not getting selected 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z Little more than 12 hours since he was nearly speechless, he called hockey “an inexact science” and sought to distance himself — sort of — from how Game 4 ended. NHL officiating back under microscope in Stanley Cup Final 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z “It was embarrassing. We all had the mind-set of closing out tonight, but sometimes basketball is an inexact science.” Analysis | Grizzlies ‘whoop’ Warriors, revealing some potentially fatal flaws 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z “This is such an inexact science,” Rivera said of the draft, later adding, “I can tell you: Everybody’s been confident about what we’ve decided.” Did Commanders reach on draft picks? Mayhew: ‘We understand our needs’ 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z Because things did not have names, internally or emotionally it felt like they were exact and the moment I would put language to something it would become inexact. She went to Colombia to exhume her grandfather — and returned with a blazing memoir 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z “Vreeland’s statement was inexact and somewhat ludicrous, though somehow charming and true, all at once,” Young explains. To design this ‘rainbow house,’ mom let the kid call the shots 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Promising buildups fizzled with inexact passing, bad decisions and wayward shots. D.C. United can’t warm its supporters’ hearts in 2-0 loss to Chicago Fire at frosty Audi Field 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z Moderating audio generally involves converting it to text and using automated tools to filter content or identify moments for human review, but it is time-intensive and inexact, experts said. Spotify's Joe Rogan saga spotlights podcast moderation challenges 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Netflix is notorious for withholding viewership specifics, so putting “Love Is Blind’s” popularity into perspective is inexact, but it was hard to escape the chatter it generated on social media. 'Love Is Blind' casting came under fire. Its creator denies stacking the deck 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z The draft, though, remains the ultimate inexact science, and how the NFL viewed Kupp in 2017 not only proves that adage anew, but also may be causing teams to rethink how they evaluate players. Analysis: How the Seahawks, and everyone else in the NFL, missed on Cooper Kupp in 2017 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z It offers a high degree of detail but relies on inexact filings by Internet providers that can lead people astray. Does the home you want to buy have good high-speed Internet? You may have to do some sleuthing to find out. 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Because the data is self-reported, it could reflect faulty or inexact recollections. Survey of Americans Who Attempted Suicide Finds Many Aren’t Getting Care 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Making determinations on death-in-custody cases is a complex and inexact process. How Paid Experts Help Exonerate Police After Deaths in Custody 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z Monetary policy messaging, by its very nature, is an inexact business. Analysis: Clear or confused? Central banks' communication skills set for ultimate test 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z These controls tended to be laggy and inexact in the past, so Honor’s tech has a lot to prove. Honor 60 announced in China with vlogging-focused gesture controls 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z “I might raise prices, but it’s an inexact science. I’m not a futures trader.” Made in the U.S.A., but With a Supply-Chain Reboot 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Preparing high school football players is often inexact. Good Counsel and St. John’s football are ready for a WCAC title game of inches 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Granting religious exemptions will always be an inexact science. Perspective | People lie about their ‘religious’ objections to vaccines. Proving it is hard. 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Measuring exposure is inexact, but television viewers and online search data offer a lens into how a conference can dominate a football Saturday. Texas-Oklahoma soon to be part of “SEC! SEC!” 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z While the parallels between Roosevelt's predicament and Biden's are inexact, they are similar in the big ways that count. FDR once tried to purge disloyal Democrats — would it work for Biden to do the same? 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z I started to see dictionaries, inexact as they are, as field guides to the life of language. Why Use a Dictionary in the Age of Internet Search? 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Yes, developing the chemistry and trust required to survive three pressure-packed days is an inexact science. At the Solheim Cup, a new definition of “pod” casting 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z I’m not so sure people will line up to buy De La Hoya against anyone, though predicting what fans are willing to spend money for a pay-per-view is an inexact art, at best. Tyson-Holyfield talk heats up amid fascination with well-past-their-prime boxers 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z In that motion, her lawyers asserted that, because political language is often inexact, “no reasonable person” would accept Ms. Powell’s claims as facts. Fox News Faces Second Defamation Suit Over Election Coverage 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z "Reasonable people understand that the 'language of the political arena, like the language used in labor disputes ... is often vituperative, abusive and inexact,'" Powell's motion to dismiss read. MAGA world civil war? Not quite — but pro-Trump figures are squabbling 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Teasing apart the underworld figures of 1940s and 1950s Washington is an inexact science. Perspective | In the numbers game of the 1950s, one man was on top: ‘Whitetop’ Simkins 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z Signature matching is an inexact science, leading to suspicions from Republicans about illegal ballots and from Democrats about overzealous enforcement that rejects legitimate votes. Georgia voter signature audit will validate ballots — or find fraud 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z This method was inexact, and sometimes killed the patient. From variolation to vaccines: a short history of a medical triumph 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Deciphering a club’s payroll is an inexact science because not all information is made public, but a few entities attempt to track the numbers. Dollars and decisions: Will the Dodgers dive in when the hot stove league heats up? 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Making exact choices based on inexact information is what data scientists call “spurious precision.” Opinion | There ought to be an element of chance in this elite school’s admissions 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z All models are estimates, and determining the likely effect of various containment strategies across a district as vast and diverse as New York’s is an inexact science. N.Y.C.’s School Testing Plan May Miss Large Outbreaks, Study Finds 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Yet without games, Rivera acknowledged evaluating special teams is an inexact science. With ‘tough decisions’ ahead, Washington holds a competitive practice 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z Hui is an inexact label for a people that comprises many sects, scattered across the country, with no language of their own. Eating in Xi’an, Where Wheat and Lamb Speak to China’s Varied Palate 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z No animal operates in a cage the way it would in a home, which always makes matching pet to owner an inexact process. Virtual pet adoptions emerge in Lansing amid virus outbreak 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z And, of course, foreseeing the future of economies is, at best, inexact and any predictions can be taken with a pinch of salt. What shape will the coronavirus recession be? 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z “The draft is an inexact science. I wish I batted 1.000 - our record would be a lot better.” Lions addressed needs and drafted RB too talented to pass up 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z But it’s an inexact comparison since the rest of the region relies on the genetic swab test. Venezuela’s go-to test for fighting virus raising questions 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z “I think that recruiting is more of an inexact science right now than it ever has been.” Transfer portal causing college basketball coaches headaches 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Experts are basing some of their assumptions about how covid-19 will interact with HIV and tuberculosis on studies that link them with influenza, even if the comparison is inexact. Among the most vulnerable to coronavirus: The tens of millions who carry HIV and tuberculosis 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z This is hardly the first time a president has used this metaphor, inexact as it may be. Opinion | What Trump can learn from real wartime presidents 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z “I think recruiting is more of an inexact science right now than it ever has been,” Kansas coach Bill Self said. ‘There’s no blueprint’ - Virus upends college recruiting 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z At that point, the firm declined to elaborate on what information was collected beyond its privacy notice's mentions of "data about your interactions", "device characteristics" and other such inexact terms. Ring logs every doorbell press and app action 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z That process is an inexact science, taking weeks or months. Last year's trades played vital role in transforming Clippers into title contender 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z As for complaints that players were not given their proper television time, deciding who to show and when is an inexact science, a matter complicated due to Sunday's compacted leader board. CBS Sports catches heat for broadcast mistakes during Genesis Invitational - Golf Digest 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z That assumption is all the more corrosive when looking at the very inexact “science” of genealogical DNA testing. Perspective | Can DNA tests tell us who we are? Only if we’re racists. 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Defense attorney Larry Thomas argued that the prosecution case was based on “speculation” and dismissed DNA and cellphone evidence as inexact and not providing conclusive proof. Death penalty case in woman’s murder now in hands of jury 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z If there is ever an inexact science, it’s finding good comps for a property in Los Angeles. What’s in a comparison? Agents dish on finding comps in L.A.'s real estate market 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z The parallels with Charlottesville are inexact because the organizers of Monday’s rally are mainly gun advocates. Virginia Capital on Edge as F.B.I. Arrests Suspected Neo-Nazis Before Gun Rally 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z That’s an example of a money rule of thumb that is imperfect but useful, which is the idea — inexact starting points for goals, conversations and calculations. Millennial Money: Money rules of thumb can be handy 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z The parallels between our two nations are inexact, of course, as such parallels always are. Opinion | The parallels between Britain and the U.S. are inexact. But the similarities are undeniable. 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z The wide range of estimates illustrates the degree to which this branch of marketing remains an inexact science. A Katy Perry Song Drops a Gift in Harley-Davidson’s Lap 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z As is true of many legal concepts, “contempt of court” can be inexact in its definitions or implications. Column: In Corinthian Colleges fiasco, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos defines 'contempt of court' 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z The images of the climate crisis are more comfortably wide-ranging and inexact than those of black children dying of starvation from wars waged with weapons manufactured here. Time to recognise that western greed is one of the causes of global hunger | Kevin McKenna 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Police monitoring the protest tweeted: “We don’t provide estimates of numbers as it’s such an inexact science. However it is fair to say it is now very busy throughout the procession route.” Cheers erupt outside Parliament as Brexit delayed again 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z Basing definitive World Cup forecasts on the evidence of England’s collective early form, however, remains a notoriously inexact science. Tuilagi double helps England kick off with bonus-point win against Tonga 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z Rather, it’s that everything I knew later to do with my hands, I managed from that day on my own, freestyle — exactly the kind of life-learning my father despises for being unreliable and inexact. My Family’s Life Inside and Outside America’s Racial Categories 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Jurists and others without medical training are forced to predict the future behaviors of latently dangerous mental patients, relying on recommendations from psychiatrists who acknowledge that theirs is an inexact science. He shot his friend in 1998 and was found to be insane. Now he’s killed again, D.C. police say. 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Texas prosecutors argued, and the courts agreed, that the science of “post-mortem interval” was inexact and that the differing time estimates were not convincing. Larry Swearingen, who claimed science excluded him as killer, is executed by Texas 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z The numbers, both in East King County and at large, are a slight drop from 2017, but experts caution that the results are inexact. Church’s final gift: $3.6 million for homelessness services on Eastside 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z The Giants weren’t alone in liking Jones better than Haskins, however, and scouting quarterbacks is unquestionably an inexact science. Criticism over Giants' top pick Daniel Jones is first test for the quarterback 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z Grading draft classes while the names are still echoing from the podium is less an inexact science and more an exact guessing game. General manager Tom Telesco has helped produce great drafts for Chargers, but no titles 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z But the frequency of supervolcano explosions occur in such big and inexact numbers that it is not possible to say exactly where we are on Yellowstone’s schedule. How Yellowstone became the "most scientifically contested piece of ground in America" 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z During the current era, several traditional powerhouses have fluctuated more than usual because the recruiting science is more inexact than ever. Perspective | There’s more than one road to the Final Four, and they may cross in this NCAA tournament 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z Given the different time spans, the comparison is inexact, but it emphasizes that the stock surge preceded Trump’s election. Opinion | Who brought us this long boom? 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z And, as always, a disclaimer: This is an inexact science. Oscars: Eight movies we’ll be talking about at next year’s show 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Developing tennis champions is a painstaking, inexact process that requires technical expertise, tactical savvy, athletic and mental strength and profound self-belief. Perspective | Frances Tiafoe was inspired by Rafael Nadal in 2014. Now they’ll meet in a Grand Slam quarterfinal. 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z "We design airplanes and cars with inexact models so being exact is not a necessity." AP FACT CHECK: 11 Trump climate goofs and 1 correct claim 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z And as impressive as they’ve been to start their college careers, how they’ll fit at the next level remains an inexact science. Duke freshmen look to bounce back after reality check 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z It was a rather inexact time frame, but it still allowed for the outside possibility that Curtis could’ve committed the crime in mid-February, before returning to Durham and being jailed there. High Point Confidential: Who killed Mary Hopkins in 1951? 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z The puzzle for lawmakers is that predicting violence is maddeningly inexact. The Depressing Absence of Solutions After the Thousand Oaks Shooting 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z The task is enormous and it’s an inexact science. Online rants by would-be shooters create dilemma for police 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z I had asked him about this in person — we agreed that so many of his characters are as much a kind of father figure as they are an archetypal hero — but felt I was inexact. Viggo Mortensen, the Unlikely Leading Man 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Calculating a firm bottom line is an inexact science, however. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Projecting the potential of teenage athletes is an inexact science in all sports, but less so in basketball, where scouts usually can spot professional-level talent by the time a player is 16 or 17. Inside the basketball black market that put Adidas in the FBI’s crosshairs 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z But when you combine offensive and pitching WAR into one inexact but contextually useful overall mark, these Nationals earned far fewer wins per Win Above Replacement on their roster than last season’s group. Analysis | The Nationals were better than their record this season. So what happened? 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z The futuristic surveillance equipment employed by M.I.5 is, by twenty-first-century standards, inexact and clunky, and so big it requires its own room. Kate Atkinson’s Spy Novel Makes the Genre New 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Johnson’s remarks were inexact, but he almost surely wasn’t being deceitful. Glenn Greenwald, the Bane of Their Resistance 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z The parallels between a new company trying to revolutionize the car business and a century-old company trying to reverse its fortunes are inexact. How to fix Tesla? Let Mulally take the wheel 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Become a single-digit handicap is the bigger deal: Granted, handicaps are inexact, the byproduct of some convoluted formula most people don't even understand. Heated golf debate: Is it a bigger deal to break 80 or get down to a single-digit handicap? - Golf Digest 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z With his play, the 27th pick in the draft showed that projecting how a college player will translate in the NBA is an inexact science. Lakers could look to improve their shooting in draft 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The system is inexact but gives a big-picture look at drafts over the years and reinforces observations made by people who have played a role in the selections. Analysis | Think teams have gotten smarter in the NBA draft? Think again. 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z As an experienced pilot himself, Steinbrenner understands that air travel can be in inexact science. Steinbrenner says Yankees exploring rotation upgrade 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z Census figures are somewhat inexact in Armenia, a small country in the south Caucasus, but they show that at least 370,000 people emigrated in the last decade. Behind Armenia’s Revolt, Young Shock Troops From the Tech Sector 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z Still, making the national team is an inexact science. Storm’s Jewell Loyd sets her sights on 2020 Olympics, and path starts now 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z This is an inexact science, as the animals can be in areas inaccessible to observers. Scientists use astronomy to save species 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Beilein says he isn’t saying the seeding was wrong, but that “it’s an inexact science to try and figure out.” NCAA Latest: Michigan coach thinks Loyola seeded too low 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z “So I’m not saying that seeding is wrong. I’m just saying it’s an inexact science to try to figure out.” KU-Villanova matchup an argument for reseeding Final Four 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Although crowd estimates are inexact, hundreds of thousands of people marched in Washington alone. Tears, silence and anger: Hundreds of thousands march worldwide to demand action on guns 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z Her relationship with Morgan Marquis-Boire was confusing, inexact, and fluctuated over time. When whisper networks let us down: how communities struggle — and sometimes fail — to stop sexual assault 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z But even without all this, anaesthesia remains an inexact science. ‘I could hear things, and I could feel terrible pain’: when anaesthesia fails 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Profiling children as potential killers is such a difficult task it does not even fall into the category of “inexact science.” Editorials from around New York 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z But the count is an inexact method for calculating a community’s homeless population. Volunteers set out to count Casper’s homeless population 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z It is an inexact, vulnerable process, and it may reveal a need to engage in further reading on the transformative role higher education can play in today’s society. The Soul of My Pedagogy 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z With experts conceding mudslide prediction is an inexact science, the only solution may be to always err on the side of caution. California Editorial Rdp 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z Each side cites scientific evidence to support its slaughtering methods, but measuring the level of suffering an animal experiences is an inexact science at best. New Slaughtering Rules Pit Dutch Religious Freedoms Against Animal Rights 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z It’s an inexact science, evaluating football players heading into free agency and the NFL draft. For Redskins, RB position has basically been an open casting call all season 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z But despite gradual improvements, official forecasts are sweeping and inexact. How amateur weathermen are tackling climate change in India 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z For a generation, gentrification has been the inexact, politically charged shorthand for the way modest workaday neighborhoods change when new, more affluent residents start to move in. Denver Cafe ‘Happily Gentrifying’? Neighbors Aren’t So Happy 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z The parallel is inexact, since it was mainly drugs that bought him down: but this is a template for how to proceed. What next for the TV shows caught in the post-Weinstein crossfire? 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Dynamic scoring is inexact in the best of circumstances. Republicans Search for Proof Their Tax Plans Will Pay for Themselves 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z Wisconsin, though, says the efficiency gap is an inexact way of looking at voting districts and warned that accepting it as a measure of partisanship would open a door to massive judicial intervention in politics. Supreme Court to hear gerrymandering arguments 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z But they caution that coming up with war costs is an inexact science. Trump’s Afghanistan troop increase adds to $1 trillion in war costs 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z His preferred method, he said, was inexact: Googling. USC ranks fourth in the preseason Associated Press top 25 poll 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z That is partly because estimates of transgender troops in the military remain inexact. House Rejects Ban on Transition-Related Health Coverage for Transgender Troops 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z There is inexact science at work in assigning an exact number of employees to each personnel department. Redskins front office addressing needs, starting with their own 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Similarly, distinguishing causation from correlation in social policy is an inexact science. A possible future for Haiti 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Those comparisons are inexact but they suggest a Manhattan weekend would be pricier to taxpayers. AP FACT CHECK: Searching for truth in Trump-FBI tumult 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z But the parameters and definitions of addiction put forward in articles on the subject are often hazy and inexact, and contributing factors are ignored. 'As addictive as gardening': how dangerous is video gaming? 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Assigning sweeping generalizations to a generation of 60 million people is, at best, an inexact exercise, but that doesn’t stop a steady drip of research from offering varied takes on Gen Z. Employers reach out to the next generation of workers: Gen Z 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z And the dates of alleged incidents are sometimes vague, owing in part to the inexact memories of young children, according to the indictment. Latest charges in “horrific” Maryland sex abuse case: Two victims under age 3 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z As the mistakenly bombed civilians of Mosul know to their cost, the targeting is inexact, but the political aim is precise. The bombing of Afghanistan shows the US is led by a one-man wild card | Simon Jenkins 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Temple University professor Ira Rosen says convention economic projections are inexact. Philly made less than expected from Democrats’ convention 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z ANAHEIM, Calif. — It’s usually an inexact method based on last year’s numbers, the performance in meaningless spring training games and perhaps what a few professional scouts might tell you going into the season. Predicting some season awards are a lock: such as Mike Trout, Clayton Kershaw 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z So, yeah … this sort of raw exercise could be charitably called an inexact science and, more realistically, 10 dart throws. Ten movies we could be talking about at the 2018 Oscars 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z That is a big window, obviously, but the Dodgers are dealing with an inexact science. Dodgers mailbag: Who will be in the rotation on Opening Day? 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z In other words, spring training competitions are an inexact science based on quick evaluations over short periods. Nationals bullpen will be at the center of attention in spring training 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z Mackler stressed that human rights groups’ numbers were inexact, with information being gleaned from elected officials, not directly from immigration authorities. Anti-travel ban activists skeptical of reports that all detainees released 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z Estimating crowd size is an inexact science at best. It was the biggest ever — give or take a million. Here's why you should be skeptical when it comes to counting crowds 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z “I have written, by my own inexact calculation, more column inches than anyone in the history of The Voice,” Mr. Barrett wrote in his final column. Wayne Barrett, Fierce Muckraker at The Village Voice, Dies at 71 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z It’s an inexact method, but fly spots often glow. Professor working on identifying fly spit at crime scenes 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z It’s easy to say that college recruiting is overrated and an inexact science. College football national championship 2017: Alabama v Clemson – live! 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Seeking to interpret what is going on in the Venice fighter’s mind as her Dec. 30 return against new women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes nears is an inexact, but popular pursuit for outsiders. What's behind Ronda Rousey's reclusive behavior? One UFC champion weighs in. 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z The parallels to subprime mortgage lending are inexact; the mortgage market, for example, dwarfs auto lending. Editorials from around New York 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z We add this caveat: exit polling is notoriously inexact, and should not be mistaken for actual results. US election 2016: Trump and Clinton watching returns as America votes – live 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z The Argonne researchers are exploring ideas put forward by Dr. Palem, who in 2003 first proposed an idea he described as “inexact computing.” Beyond Silicon: Squeezing More Out of Chips 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Capsules are easier, but are not regulated, so dosing is inexact. The Cure for UTIs? It’s Not Cranberries 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z And detecting dishonesty is still an inexact science. The Camera That Doesn’t Let You Lie 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z It is a very tough job working with inexact science. Tackle Box loaded with autumn salmon fishing choices 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z The office’s process for finding and marketing to the group is an inexact science based on information gathered from the registrar’s office, the financial aid division and other university programs, Favorite said. Purdue’s student-parents face barriers to graduation 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z Drawing up contracts, however, is an inexact science. Trouble Brewing in the Craft Beer Industry 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z He says some people estimate the sizes and weighing the large animals is an inexact science. Mammoth 800-pound gator caught in South Carolina lake 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z He has at times enthused about good-natured restaurants with inexact kitchen standards, like Sammy’s Roumanian Steakhouse, on the Lower East Side. Pete Wells Has His Knives Out 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z But they conceded that trying to prevent more quakes was an inexact science. In Puzzle of Oklahoma’s Earthquakes, New Data May Provide Clues 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z The closest historical analogue to "Una" might be "Lolita," though with that title character a far greater driver of the story and relationship, even that comparison is inexact. How Rooney Mara's incendiary 'Una' will advance the sexual-assault conversation at Telluride, Toronto and into Oscar season 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z You might liken it to the proverbial wreck on the highway that you can’t help staring at, but the analogy is inexact. I am tired of eating at the Donald Trump buffet 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z But Vox Media is not a public company, and valuing its stock is an inexact science. Who Might Buy Gawker Media? Here Are Some Possibilities 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z Measuring audience size is such an inexact science. NBC is counting on some momentum as the Games enter second week on TV 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Spindler noted such estimates are an inexact science, and said his agency’s figures tend to be “conservative.” More Than 1,000 Migrants Feared Dead at Sea in Past Week 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z Related: Climate change, chaos and inexact computing To us, the case is clear. We've been mayors of New York, Paris and Rio. We know climate action starts with cities 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Comparing two countries’ health data is an inexact science, of course, and these numbers should be taken with a pinch of salt. Think the NHS is in poor health? Try being ill under the US system | Arwa Mahdawi 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Frequently inexact terminology leads to misconceptions and sometimes I see outright falsehoods that completely distort the truth. Why Oil Prices Will Rise and You Will Be Caught By Surprise 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z On Saturday, when North Carolina plays the Syracuse University Orange in college basketball’s national semifinal, nearly all its fans will be wearing the exact same inexact color, almost as if it were their religious custom. Fifty Shades of Blue: Tar Heels Seek the Truest Hue 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Even if the math is inexact, the trend is inarguable. Google is making a keyboard for the iPhone 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z It was an inexact process, one that seemed mostly based on skin color. Hundreds of Desperate Refugees Were Detained by Macedonia 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Opinion polling is an inexact science – but rarely so stupendously inexact as we’ve just seen in my home state of Michigan. Money and ground game alone can’t explain Bernie Sanders’ stunning win in Michigan. Could the ’93 passage of NAFTA have played a role? 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z It’s not that “Really Love” is muddy or inexact — although by Martin’s yardstick, it probably is — but that it’s gentle, unstressed, forgiving of itself. 25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music Is Going 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z I know it’s a weird and inexact association, but I kept thinking about this clip as I considered the recent fortunes of “The Daily Show.” Please give Samantha Bee “The Daily Show”: They squandered Jon Stewart’s legacy by giving the show to the wrong host 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Caucuses are, by their very nature, a clunky, inexact way of picking party delegates. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Like predicting the weather, economic forecasting is an inexact science. Janet Yellen Sounds a More Cautious Note on the U.S. Economy 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z Polling, especially with so many candidates’ percentages falling within the statistical margin of error, is an inexact science. GOP Candidates: Let Fiorina Into the Next Debate 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Youth development, in fairness, has long been an inexact science. One Six Nations title and no grand slams since 2003. What is English rugby’s problem? | Robert Kitson 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z These paraphrases, though inexact, capture the spirit of the candidates in his or her finest moment during the debate. Donald Trump’s hilarious admission: I don’t really know how the Internet works 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Although widely understood to be an unintended consequence of inexact legislative drafting, fixing the family glitch would result in an expansion of the subsidized population under the law, making political consensus more difficult to achieve. Obamacare Compromise Is Possible 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Our applause meter is in the shop, so the science here is inexact. Oscar Watch: 'Hateful Eight' goes over great 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Instead, they are forced to devote their finite resources to those they judge are most ready to act — always an inexact science. The Paris massacre proves one thing: America’s imperial arrogance can only make things worse 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z With any innovation, early steps often seem crude and inexact. Why Social Impact Bonds Still Have Promise 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z It’s an inexact science, but each day the NBA gets one step closer to implementing the change, thankfully – at least – it’s far more likely to be like this, than this. NBA jersey sponsorship is coming – and we'd better get used to it 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z The practice of medicine is an inexact science. Building the foundation for genomics in precision medicine : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Focusing this time on missed or mistaken diagnoses, the panel noted that diagnosis has always been "a collaborative and inherently inexact process." Most Americans Will Experience At Least 1 Diagnostic Error: Report 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z While comparisons among leagues are inexact at best, every coach is publicly confident the Pac-12 is the equal of the SEC and anybody else. Pac-12 loaded with talent and on the rise in national esteem 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Those who would defend market timing would say it's not an inexact science because it relies on applying technical indicators to specific investments. How Market Timing Creates Investment Chaos 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Patients may want less invasive care if they believe they will soon die, but predicting when death will happen is notoriously inexact. Medicare’s end-of-life counseling policy may find acceptance 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Weight labeling at markets, it seems, is an inexact science. Whole Foods under investigation for overcharging in NYC 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z “Scientific calculations like weather and climate modeling are generally, inherently inexact,” Dr. Palem said. A Climate-Modeling Strategy That Won’t Hurt the Climate 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z But this is an inexact science, since from box scores alone it is difficult to tell which player to credit when the opposing team misses. Masked Conley Leads Grizzlies Past Golden State, as Tony Allen Says He’s ‘First Team All Defense.’ 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Predictions of fatalities is an inexact as well as a morbid science. Dire Prospects Seen When the Full Nepal Earthquake Death Toll is Tallied 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z He’s been more active defensively than he has throughout much of his career — his 259 hits, a very rough, inexact measure, are the most he’s ever had — and his offense hasn’t suffered. After year away from playoffs, Alex Ovechkin eager to lift Stanley Cup 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z The problem is that this apparently-simple concept is made up of a number of different activities. It’s a diffuse, detailed, frequently inexact science. NetAppVoice: CIO And Marketing: BFFs? 2 Quick Wins In SEO 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z “For consequential problems, where inexact results could cause a bridge to be misdesigned, or erroneous conclusions about the mechanics of climate, the inexactness is problematic.” A Climate-Modeling Strategy That Won’t Hurt the Climate 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Linguists acknowledge that the data are inexact, but by the end of this century perhaps as many as fifty per cent of the world’s languages will, at best, exist only in archives and on recordings. Can Dying Languages Be Saved? 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z A reliable estimate of arranged marriages is difficult because the definition is inexact. Woman Breaks Through Chains of Forced Marriage, and Helps Others Do the Same 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z The body mass index that is widely used does not account for variations in bone size and other factors, and some consider it too inexact, a spokeswoman for the French Labor Ministry said. French Proposal on Models’ Weights Clashes With Labor Laws, Opponents Say 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z But a Yale pathologist who co-authored an editorial says the study results are troubling and show that his field is an inexact science. Breast biopsy accuracy is questioned in experimental study 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z A rough, if inexact, way to do that math is like this: Every packet of added sugar equals about 16 calories. Here's How to Tell How Much Sugar You're Eating 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Tracking the Drudge poll numbers in real time is an inexact science because they surge along with much vigor, to say the least. Inside the Beltway: Scott Walker the victor in Drudge poll, but not media 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Because biosimilars are inexact copies, they are required to undergo more testing than an ordinary generic drug. First biosimilar drug set to enter US market 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Firing crude rockets and mortar rounds is an inexact science, to be sure, but it’s basically like shooting at fish in a barrel. U.S. Troops Now Under `Frequent’ Attack at Iraqi Base 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z There might very well be some under or over-estimation, calculating inflation is a messy and inexact process, but there does not appear to be any kind of systematic attempt at manipulation or fraud. Should You Believe The Numbers About Russia? 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z While an inexact predictor of gross domestic product, purchasing managers are generally agreed to provide one of the best “real-time” guides to economic activity. Economic Activity Slows in Eurozone, Survey Suggests 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z And while predicting anyone’s vote is an inexact science, one data point is telling: Six appellate judges on two lower courts have ruled on this issue, and each one has voted along party lines. Obamacare’s future is in Chief Justice Roberts’ hands again 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Putting a dollar value on a brand is an inexact science at best. Google closing the gap with Microsoft on Forbes brand ranking 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z It is an inexact, still-evolving science, but the doctors say he’s ready to be back on the field, using a new, bigger helmet. Welker’s return brings more concussion questions 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z Scouting is an inexact science, especially when its subjects are teenagers. Derek Jeter, a Yankee Before the Pinstripes 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Producing tennis stars is an inexact science and may not be a science at all. McEnroe’s Successor at U.S.T.A. Needs to Hit the Court Running 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z We walk over to the eastern window, where an inexact distance of dunes rolls down through darkening twilight to the Last Sea. The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell – dazzle of narrative fireworks 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z It’s inexact and frustrating, which is partly why economics is called “the dismal science”. Is the US recovery getting better or worse? Likely both 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z The billion-dollar profit that Point72 has made so far this year is a large one, but the firm is a very different creature now, and comparisons with hedge funds are inexact. After Insider Trading Scandal, Steven A. Cohen's Firm Still Has Strong Gains 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z When we’re tired, he says, our "speech rhythm isn’t so precise, it’s inexact." From Alzheimer's to ADHD: what doctors can diagnose from your voice alone 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Estimating when D.C. legislation becomes law is something of an inexact science. D.C. Police quietly prepping for change in law on marijuana 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z The tactical engine suffers slightly in asking that you make exacting choices using an inexact isometric interface, but on balance, it gains more than it loses for trying. Here Are the 15 Best Games of 2014 (So Far) 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z He appears to be the front-runner, though projections in Indonesian elections are famously inexact. Plenty At Stake For Investors As Indonesia Goes To The Polls 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z It’s an inexact science, and there are plenty of caveats. Power plant debate prompts war of stats 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z But ants do not create a perfect lattice, suggesting a sloppier, more organic approach in which robot shapes are varied and irregular and connections between them are inexact, Nagpal says. Secrets of ant rafts revealed 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Playing Gulf real estate stocks is an inexact science at the best of times: it rewards and it takes away in equally drastic quantum’s depending on the market mood. How Dubai Got Its Mojo Back. But Has It Learned Anything Along The Way? 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z More importantly, face tracking remains an inexact science. Inside High Fidelity, the virtual reality successor to 'Second Life' 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z What is not acceptable is for the situation to continue as it is, with responsibilities undefined and inexact publishing distorting clinical messages. False positives 2014-04-30T17:20:02.724Z As a careful insider, he is both a likely and unconventional partner for Francis, who makes constant news with spontaneous, often inexact comments and came to Rome without experience there. Washington Archbishop Donald Wuerl is a power player under Pope Francis - The Washington Post 2014-04-28T17:47:50Z Finding a 20-game winner remains an inexact science, teams do their best due diligence and then take a leap of faith. Tanaka overcomes rocky start to win Yankees debut 2014-04-05T04:40:07Z But image recognition is still inexact and depends on the quality of the photo and other factors, such as lighting. Apps aid fashionistas in tracking down desired clothing, shoes 2014-03-17T10:05:09Z The scandal is now forcing the legislature, for the first time in two decades, to consider strengthening Virginia’s porous and inexact ethics laws. Virginia politics: Of diet pills and posh shoes 2014-01-23T15:59:50Z Baseball is, after all, an inexact science, and the guesswork is only magnified when players are switching countries, using a different ball, trying to communicate in a foreign language. Yankees Know Risks of Splurging on Japanese Aces 2013-12-26T02:32:37Z The first reports of military actions are often confused and inexact. U.S. Suspends Nonlethal Aid to Syrian Rebels in North 2013-12-11T18:05:15Z Those who support Cutler starting over Josh McCown simply because team doctors cleared him overlook how inexact the process is. Tempting fate risky QB business 2013-11-09T21:36:00Z They evolved as a convenient, if inexact, shorthand. Debate on Evolution of Multicellular Organisms Starts to Gain Focus 2013-09-30T22:45:00.843Z “Global threat assessments for large taxonomic groups is a very inexact science,” says Walter Jetz, an ecologist at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Taxonomy: The spy who loved frogs 2013-09-12T13:50:56.263Z Early news accounts out of Aruba last August were inexact or wrong and left some with the impression that Bernie and Dan had been swimming in turbulent water, courting danger. An N.B.A. All-Star’s Ultimate Sacrifice 2013-08-18T20:18:50Z Updates during the day are based on incomplete and inexact visual reports. A Technological Edge on Wildfires 2013-07-07T18:45:51Z But “this is a very generalized, inexact process,” said William M. Bumpers, a lawyer who usually represents manufacturers in pollution cases. New Effort to Quantify ‘Social Cost’ of Pollution 2013-06-19T00:25:52Z The analogy with Wiener is inexact in an informative way, though, which describes Graham’s strategy in a nutshell. Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet [Excerpt Part One] 2013-06-18T16:45:00.147Z Nakasone testified voice identification is an inexact science, and that the sound of someone's voice is effected by emotion, circumstances and even air quality. Voice experts testify over 911 call in Trayvon Martin shooting 2013-06-07T22:43:45Z “It is inexact, a science in its infancy,” said Dr. Michael O’Brien of the sports concussion clinic at Boston Children’s Hospital. Concussion Fears Lead to Growth in Specialized Clinics for Young Athletes 2013-05-05T17:42:49Z For all the money and hours spent watching tape and workouts, evaluating players' bodies and minds, recording height, weight, speed and strength, the draft remains an inexact science. Draft was light on glamour, heavy on intrigue 2013-04-28T20:12:09Z “Recruiting is a very inexact science,” he said, grinning. Eric Fisher Transforms From a Work in Progress to a Polished No. 1 Pick 2013-04-27T17:11:22Z We end up with scientific research and development – which is perfectly legitimate, if inexact – and these artistic royalties, which, all the litigation implies, are notoriously unreliable. Revising how the US calculates GDP will not have a happy ending 2013-04-23T17:20:02Z Economics is an inexact science, as any honest economist will tell you. The Rogoff-Reinhart data scandal reminds us economists aren't gods 2013-04-18T12:30:00Z Note: For the sake of conciseness and readability, I’ve been a little inexact here in rolling up Google News and Google web search in one discussion. Why Google Should Rethink Its Approach to Sponsored Content 2013-04-08T02:52:00Z On the farm, the breakout candidates are harder to identify, because the development process is an inexact science. Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik likes to find hitters, let them develop power 2013-03-31T01:05:02Z Swing bowling is a mysterious art and one of the most inexact sciences in any sport. After tense finale in Auckland England bowlers must get back in the swing 2013-03-27T11:03:46Z It is an inexact science, but some injuries can have a welcome outcome, such as the one that Glenn Whelan suffered before the Republic of Ireland's match against Sweden. World Cup qualifiers: 10 talking points from latest round of games 2013-03-24T23:00:01Z The records of Bach’s care are inexact, but we know that Taylor operated on one or both of his eyes during the final days of March 1750. Why did Bach go blind? 2013-03-02T17:00:00Z Examples such as Maryland’s up then down rate for millionaires—see and —suggest that studies are often inexact. Mickelson's Law: the Higher the Taxes, the More Attractive the Move 2013-02-19T03:28:02Z Choosing the right location for producing a good or a service is an inexact science, and many companies got it wrong. Here, there and everywhere 2013-01-17T16:04:43Z But no two athletes - or knee surgeries, for that matter - are exactly alike, so pinning down a date for Griffin's return is an inexact science. Doctor optimistic after Redskins' RG3 knee surgery 2013-01-10T12:14:10Z But no two athletes — or knee surgeries, for that matter — are exactly alike, so pinning down a date for Griffin's return is an inexact science. Griffin's surgery includes ACL repair 2013-01-10T04:26:04Z Estimating the burden of death and illness remains an inexact science, however. Global survey reveals impact of disability 2012-12-19T18:20:22.763Z Though an inexact measure of performance, taken together, they provide a timeline of the chaos that transit customers faced, many living in the dark and reliant on smartphones for information. Social Media Strategy Crucial for Transit Agencies After Storm 2012-12-15T04:42:47Z It is also important to note that StatusPeople concedes that their results are inexact, as their algorithm only samples a portion of a Tweeter’s followers and then extrapolates relative percentages across the entire dataset. Which Startup Bloggers Have The Most Legitimate Twitter Followers? 2012-09-10T15:46:14Z StatusPeople notes that their results are inexact, as their algorithm samples a portion of a Tweeter’s followers and then extrapolates relative percentages across the entire data sample. Celebrities With The Most (Allegedly) Fake Twitter Followers 2012-08-27T15:38:49Z But this is an inexact science that can distort the Libor market. DealBook: Libor Scandal Shows Many Flaws in Rate-Setting 2012-07-19T23:54:21Z Such tragedies are inevitable when money is tight and the science of suicide – and how to prevent it – so inexact. One Death a Day: The Surging Tide of Soldier Suicides 2012-07-12T12:35:35Z Encouraging further liberalizations by a government still riddled with former generals and their cronies is a dicey process and an inexact science. IHT Rendezvous: Rights Groups Assail U.S. Decision on Myanmar 2012-07-12T04:49:40Z However, because measuring media plurality is an inexact science, the regulator rejected the idea of proposing a specific cap on market shares. Ofcom backs regular plurality reviews for powerful media firms 2012-06-19T11:56:52Z Companies are supposed to report spill volumes, but officials acknowledge the numbers are often inexact or flat-out wrong. North Dakota's Oil Boom Brings Environmental Damage with Economic Prosperity 2012-06-07T20:15:00.390Z On purpose, I've used a rather inexact maths language to cope with what is widespread abhorrence of the subject among those who write about finance or economy. The future of the European Union (part 2): Don't count on a Hamiltonian moment 2012-05-28T22:36:29Z Oppenheimer notes that DNA is an inexact clock. Human migrations: Eastern odyssey 2012-05-02T17:20:27.767Z What the “real truth” is, does not matter; the Marxians would say that both ideologies were inexact; so might the Roman Catholics. The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I 2012-04-04T02:00:55.303Z Scouting is an inexact science, and even the most talented prospect can get off track. Mariners selling their rebuilding plan but fans waiting before buying in 2012-03-29T00:00:06Z Then, taking the closed book and, without opening it, sliding the paper-knife between the pages, I resumed the conversation, and the result with this last method was always inexact. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Carver’s account of the conspiracy and the siege is in several points inexact, which throws a shade of doubt on this story. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z And this is one of the principal causes of misunderstanding the esoteric portion, the inherent "style" of a piece—a misunderstanding which is not always confined to amateurs—inexact reading! Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z Li, it may be noted, is also translated “rites” or “ceremonies”; a rendering which, while not inexact, fails to convey the full import of the term. The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I 2012-04-04T02:00:55.303Z Projecting the delegate count based on the results so far, or pledges of support, is an inexact science. Romney a Victor in Illinois Easily, Exit Polls Show 2012-03-21T01:28:43Z But a full and correct answer to an easy question will in all cases secure a larger number of marks than an incomplete or inexact answer to a more difficult one. An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design 2012-03-06T03:00:25.777Z It's an inexact science "to manipulate the bees to do what they naturally do on our terms," said Henry Harlan, who manages 2,400 hives in Yolo County near Sacramento. Hives for hire 2012-03-04T04:08:00Z It must be, therefore, inexact and inconclusive; so far from uniform in its structure, that it may rather be considered several systems than one. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z Students of science are wont to inveigh against the inexact character of historical research, its incoherence and supposed inability to formulate laws. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z Probably most of these were inexact to the point of being fable pure and simple. Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art 2012-02-14T03:00:24.393Z Although the analogy is somewhat inexact, the situation is reminiscent of the truism often heard in the aircraft propulsion business—few people know the name of Paul Revere's horse. The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design 2012-02-04T03:00:15.650Z The economy is so complex that any forecaster must construct a simplified model that is an inexact fit for reality. It?s the Economy: It Is Safe to Resume Ignoring the Prophets of Doom ... Right? 2012-02-01T09:58:00Z Drilling proponents, including investors and many politicians, tend to embrace optimistic projections, even though estimating resources is an inexact science. New Data Not So Sunny on U.S. Natural Gas Supply 2012-01-29T00:41:04Z The mental improvement was measured by "observation," which is at best inexact, and susceptible to the influence of any expectation of improvement on the part of the observer. Adenoids and Diseased Tonsils Their Effect on General Intelligence 2012-01-28T03:00:25.603Z As a referendum on the national government's recent performance, the polls will be inexact: Local issues are expected to weigh heavily on voters' minds. Five Indian States Go to Polls 2012-01-27T10:26:36Z In an inexact science such as drafting, you can pick a year out of any guy's career and have a field day with it. Ruskell has solid draft record 2012-01-20T01:50:00Z The comparison is inexact, of course, but the Fed has “outperformed” the rest of America’s financial industry put together for four years running. American banks: Losing altitude 2012-01-19T16:07:07Z It is true, there were German translations of the Bible even before Luther, but they were so inexact, and composed in such poor German, that the people could not use them. Life of Luther with several introductory and concluding chapters from general church history 2012-01-12T03:00:13.267Z To some men the world of matter and of man comes ornamented with beauty, life, and action; and hence more or less false and inexact. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z This definite and double statement on the direction of the return march, and the passage of Darius into Asia, must be maintained against the inexact excerpt from Ctesias. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z In fact, it comes home to us that all of the Ideas are, in one way or another, misnomers; Kant's whole procedure with them, in fine, has already appeared inexact, inconsistent, and therefore uncritical. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z All of this still hinges on the nerves in his neck regenerating, which is an inexact business. The Fifth Down: Will 5,000 Passing Yards Eventually Be the Norm? 2011-12-02T16:14:27Z The Arms proved to be a tiny mid-Victorian hotel, not an inexact replica—and by no means a discreditable one—of many small rustic hotels that he had seen in England and France. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z He crushed the unreal, the inexact, the hollow, and the sham. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z When I say that the thunder was simultaneous with the lightning, I speak as an inexact person. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z I think that’s an inexact science at best You play through the adversity. Which Cowboys? team will show up Sunday? 2011-11-16T01:40:01Z But the conversance with our language in former times, even among those who devoted their attention to philology and instruction, was excessively scanty and inexact. Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters 2011-11-16T03:00:25.713Z Unfortunately these copies, which had to be made hastily, were very inexact. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z Although plenty of people claim to have seen bubbles in hindsight, determining when enthusiasm morphs into euphoria is an inexact science at best. Popular Delusion of Bubble Spotting 2011-11-05T02:31:54Z We might have been 1100 feet from it if a second of time had elapsed between seeing the flashes and hearing the reports; and a second of time is not appreciated by inexact persons. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z Deriving reputation, making personal recommendations or calculating influence based on a collection of loosely-structured information is an inexact, and incredibly interesting, set of challenges. Reputation, Recommendation and Influence 2011-11-04T16:30:37Z The report cautioned here, and in several other places, though, that these projections are just that, and are based on inexact science. Report: Universal health care system in Vermont could cost as much as $9.5B a year by 2020 2011-11-01T22:36:48Z In this he uses the term in the inexact, careless, popular manner, rather than with due precision. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z NFL starting quarterbacks don’t grow on trees, and drafting them is an inexact science. Defending the Raiders (seriously) 2011-10-24T21:07:25Z The strategizing and media training and examination of body language is an “inexact science,” acknowledges Feltman. Unwritten rules of debate: No hands 2011-10-19T22:30:00Z And yet I must first admit, that my own style in writing this letter is far more loose, and inexact, and slovenly, than ought to be tolerated in even such a letter as this. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z It is all inexact, of course, and Hamilton hit home runs in batting practice Thursday. On Baseball: Hamilton Is Playing the Postseason in Pain 2011-10-21T01:24:06Z Hizzoner’s aides also argue that other cities provide an inexact comparison. | In Living Wage Talks, Warfare Trumps Discourse 2011-10-12T19:50:19Z Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer said speculation that support of Dexia would threaten France's AAA credit rating were "exaggerated and inexact." Dexia clients fret as Belgium, France plan rescue 2011-10-05T15:50:58Z Few familiar faces return on either offense or defense, making No. 20 Mississippi State’s film study an inexact science at best. With expectations soaring, No. 20 Mississippi St ready to open at Memphis 2011-08-31T15:53:28Z But even if Gaddafi's days end, like Saddam's, with a hangman's noose, the parallels are inexact. Intimidated no more, Libyans end Gaddafi's rule 2011-08-23T20:43:43Z If the Fed didn’t print any more money at all, we’d soon be relying on a cumbersome and rather inexact form of exchange known as the barter system. In Rick Perry’s World Without Fed, He Can Barter for Votes: View 2011-08-17T00:23:02Z The comments signal that the valuation of mortgage securities by investment firms and banks often remains inexact. Mortgage-Bond ‘Pain’ Not Fully Seen in Results, Ellington Says 2011-08-09T17:57:03Z Mr. Herrington’s case highlights the inexact science of a justice system that relies heavily on paper files and human precision. In Sentencing, Just What Did the Judge Say: 3 Years, or 2? 2011-08-08T03:00:25Z Analysts emphasize, however, that the deadline is real; it’s just the date that’s inexact. U.S. May Have Way to Cover Bills After Deadline, for a Week 2011-07-26T23:50:04Z Unfortunately, language is so often inexact that even when it is sufficient to express emotion, it is not precise enough even to conceal thought. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z In all literary enjoyment there is something incalculable, something wayward, eluding the precision of rule, and rendering inexact the precepts of him who would point out the path to it. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z Proudhon, therefore, is here using the word "property" in an inexact sense; in the strict sense it can denote only a portion of goods set apart in an involuntary legal relation by particular legal norms. Anarchism 2011-07-12T02:00:35.053Z Those italics are added to note the statement they contain is factually inexact—read "false." As One Alleged Strauss-Kahn Rape Case Cools Off, Another Heats Up 2011-07-06T09:32:14Z Placing a value on a private company while it’s experiencing exponential growth is an inexact science. The Secrets to Mastering Facebook 2011-06-22T13:50:41Z At the fourth he hesitates and begins by multiplying 7 by 89, and obtains as answer 783, which is doubly inexact, because he ought not to have multiplied, and the multiplication is incorrect. Mentally Defective Children 2011-06-19T02:00:24.963Z In instance after instance, they found that statistics of the kind presented were “rather too inexact for a satisfactory basis on which to make precise calculations.” The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z But the cutting-edge crime scene science is far more technical, inexact and contradictory than anything a screenwriter might gin up. Casey Anthony Trial CSI: A Viewer's Guide to the Forensic Evidence 2011-06-16T10:10:00Z But this is an inexact science — more so than either journalists or political scientists tend to acknowledge. FiveThirtyEight: On the Maddeningly Inexact Relationship Between Unemployment and Re-Election 2011-06-03T01:59:24Z Furthermore, the English essayist's description of the drug's effects is inexact. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z But most sales forecasts are, by nature, inexact. 7 Tips for Forecasting Sales 2011-05-31T16:00:00Z I remember an interesting and, I must admit, not altogether inexact account of my production of the Ring des Nibelungen being given in the Musical Journal of New York. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 2011-05-26T02:00:18.807Z Any account I were to give today of what my feelings were at that time might prove as inexact and arbitrary as if someone else were interpreting them. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z But supposing you never really loved——" "Love is an inexact term; it's not always easy to tell when it applies to your feelings, and when it does not. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z The news of the convict ship the Orne, transmitted through the English press, is inexact in all points. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z That tells you what an inexact science it is. Dan Pompei's post-draft Bears mailbag 2011-05-05T16:14:00Z It's sort of an inexact science because if someone calls you and says, "Do you believe x?" How conspiracy theorists think 2011-04-30T14:01:00Z Powers is however often very inexact, and the value of his work is in its comprehensiveness rather than in its reliability. The Religion of the Indians of California 2011-04-03T02:00:16.637Z All conclusions which we derive from visual acuteness become very inexact as soon as it is lowered. Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger 2011-03-22T02:00:22.370Z It is superfluous to say that the minutes published by the Paris Journal, which have been used by reactionist historians, are incomplete, inexact, drawn up from hearsay, unintelligent indiscretions, and often from pure imagination. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z Less perhaps than any other writer, not of France, but of modern Europe, Flaubert yields admission to the inexact, the abstract, the vaguely inapt expression which is the bane of ordinary methods of composition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z From this passage we learn that the Statement of De Burgo in regard of Dr. Eugene, is inexact: "from being Prior of the Convent of Sligo", he says "he was made Bishop of Achonry". The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, February, 1865 2011-03-04T03:01:02.750Z A not uncommon definition of ethics as the “science of conduct” is inexact for various reasons. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z Indeed, on repeated examination of such cases we frequently find considerable fluctuation in the statements of the patients, therefore we ought not to expect accurate statements for very inexact sensual impressions. Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger 2011-03-22T02:00:22.370Z This calculation is doubtless slightly inexact: in any case it is worth very little until it is carefully analysed. The Rhesus of Euripedes 2011-02-06T03:01:01.240Z Yet it cannot be too much emphasized that in reality such language is utterly inexact. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Gauging fish populations is an inexact and controversial science, relying in large part on reports of the number of fish caught. Tuna Fight Muddies Waters Over Spill Damage 2011-01-13T03:48:34Z I have written, by my own inexact calculation, more column inches than anyone in the history of The Voice. 2 Veterans Leave Village Voice 2011-01-05T03:26:31Z In the old days film had to be cut up by hand, a labor-intensive process that was inexact and frequently incomplete before kickoff. N.F.L. Fast Forward: The Riddle of the N.F.L.?s Newfound Parity 2010-10-11T18:05:00Z Of course, that's a best guess because predicting how many roster spots will be open from season to season is an inexact science. Now that Tony Wroten is on board, who's next for UW? 2010-10-08T00:21:00Z The style is too generally loose, digressive and inexact; dates are seldom given; and discursiveness, verbosity and dogmatism are frequent faults. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z It is clearly a very inexact science but it's important that someone tackles it with vigour and integrity because our ability to compare one horse with another is a large part of racing's appeal. Claims Five: When Harbinger met Sea The Stars 2010-07-30T09:00:00Z Policing is the most inexact of public services. Ignore this howl of protest ? the police are ripe for cuts 2010-07-20T19:30:00Z Treatment options Because body chemistry is such a variable balance, there's no cure for PMDD, only an inexact science of trying to lessen symptoms. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder makes some women a bit crazy every month 2010-06-22T04:00:00Z Never a proper psychiatric diagnosis, the phrase always struck most doctors as inexact, pseudoscientific and often misleading. Mind: ?Vital Exhaustion?? Just Don?t Call It ?Nervous Breakdown? 2010-05-31T21:25:00Z Preparing will be an inexact science, experts said. World Cup at Altitude No Walk in the Park 2010-05-15T19:54:00Z Because the long-term impact of the spill on commercial fishing, tourism and the environment is still unclear, determining the cost of the cleanup is an inexact science. Hydraulic Leak Cited as Possible Cause of Spill 2010-05-12T20:59:00Z Predicting where and when the next ripple will be felt is an inexact science. Europe Worried That Greek Crisis Is Poised to Spread 2010-04-28T01:30:00Z In ordinary use the two conceptions, each of them somewhat vague and inexact, are antithetical. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" As to the archaeological evidence, the fact seems to be that the account is archaeologically so inexact that it has given great trouble to one eminent antiquary, Knut Stjerna. Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn But for various reasons this was an inexact method, and to-day an antiseptic is judged by its effects on pure cultures of definite pathogenic microbes, and on their vegetative and spore forms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" This definition is inexact, since no membrane permeable to water is absolutely impermeable to the solutes. The Mechanism of Life One may see then how from inexact observations men rashly conceive new and contradictory opinions and imagine absurd motions of the mechanism of the earth. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments We sometimes classify sciences as exact and inexact, in accordance with our ability exactly to weigh forces and results. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 The Chinese are notoriously inexact in statistical matters. Drugging a Nation The Story of China and the Opium Curse Now, the illustration is a very ignoble one, but it conveys no very inexact idea of the bond which united these two distinguished individuals. The Fortunes Of Glencore I remember young men struggling, with inexact terminology and insufficient learning, for some new religious conception, on which they could base their lives; and some few strange or able men. The Trembling of the Veil If these be withdrawn, they become gradually sluggish, uninventive, inexact, and lacking in the necessary enterprise and ardor. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them The sciences of life are inexact, because the human mind can never grasp all their data. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 “I did not wish,” said he, “to let it go without reading it to you previously, for fear there should have escaped me in it any expressions inexact in themselves or distasteful to you.” Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 The account, very inexact as such accounts always are, was also highly colored, spun out for space purposes for much more than the space was worth. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident In the paragraph we are considering a very needful reminder is given us that the Jews of our Lord’s time used the terms “God” and “Son of God” in a loose and inexact manner. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I It is written in a clear, unpretending style, but somewhat careless and inexact. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 It is therefore inexact to count him among the regicides, as was done by the royalists after 1815. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" Lastly, it must be allowed that the use of the phrase 'putting two and two together', to describe an inference from facts not quite obviously connected, is loose and inexact. Kant's Theory of Knowledge The sciences and the professions will not waste their time on methods of instruction which must, from their very nature, be artless, inexact and vague. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" This, be it said in parenthesis, was "inexact," the visit had been made eight days before. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life I would, however, first enumerate the rimes which seem to be more or less inexact or peculiar, or otherwise instructive. The Lay of Havelok the Dane The reader has been further confused by a poetic and inexact rendering of many Hebrew phrases. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance But this is an inexact and confused use of words. Logic, Inductive and Deductive Drawing conclusions and spinning theories is inexact, and distracts from objective study. Naturalism And Religion Taken in its literal sense, this word is inexact, since those to whom it was applied were inspired by a very high ideal. Contemporary Russian Novelists Naturally such artificial divisions as “Pagan” and “Christian” are inexact. Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose Potential competition, by limiting both the producing corporation and the trade union, vindicates the natural law of wages, though its results are made inexact by monopoly. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy If he were to reject from St. Paul's writings every instance of what he thinks fanciful exposition, illogical reasoning, inexact quotation, and mistaken inference; the result would be altogether unmanageable. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford Scarce anything fell under his notice but he perceived in it some relation to his work, and chronicled it in the pages of his journal in his always lucid, but sometimes inexact and wordy, style. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) It may be inexact, and yet be true to the greater character. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors It is strange how, at this supreme crisis of my life, I should be haunted by quotations from works of an inexact and even fanciful description; but here,” he added, “is another:‘Othello’s occupation’s gone.’ The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) If this adjustment is inexact, the lender will get less or more than the actual earnings of such capital. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy To say that the Doctor was everywhere in Harvey is inexact. In the Heart of a Fool The Utopian Socialists had no notion—even an inexact one—of it. Anarchism and Socialism The "silent sister" has fostered an always genial, if sometimes inexact, fashion of scholarship, in which Moore's talents were well suited to shine, and a pleasant social atmosphere wherein he was also not misplaced. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 If you have been inexact in any point, you had better correct it.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) There were one or two inexact statements in the reports of the proceedings at Bow Street—he had written to the papers and corrected them. Name and Fame A Novel The points advanced were new, undigested, perhaps inexact, filled with discoverable flaws. The Paliser case Innumerable historical errors owe their origin to false or inexact interpretations of quite straightforward texts, perpetrated by men who were insufficiently acquainted with the grammar, the vocabulary, or the niceties of ancient languages. Introduction to the Study of History It is inexact enough, if we are entirely honest, to force us to hold our conclusions with an open mind ready to admit new evidence. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College To say he was surprised were inexact, for he had long since left that sentiment behind him. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) I do not ordinarily curse or use obscenities—not because they are obscene but because they are a poor and inexact means of conveying ideas or impressions. The Issahar Artifacts It depends upon what you mean by society; it's a very general and inexact term. Imaginary Interviews In all these cases it is necessary to pierce through the literal meaning to the real meaning, which the author has purposely disguised under an inexact form. Introduction to the Study of History The nautical and geographical proofs, by which portions of the North Atlantic shores have been identified by the bold spirit of northern research, are certainly inexact and to some extent hypothetical. Incentives to the Study of the Ancient Period of American History An address, delivered before the New York Historical Society, at its forty-second anniversary, 17th November 1846 These rules, it must be said, are incomplete and inexact to a degree that will shock any person with a scientific knowledge of Polish pronunciation. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 First, an historical document may be false, or inexact; for instance, the invention of a Brutus, son of �neas, is false and absurd on the face of it. The History of London In fact "others" is an incorrect or at least an inexact term; for the historic novel itself is only a subdivision or offshoot of the great literary revolution which we call Romanticism. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century If he has given inexact information, it is indifferent whether he did so intentionally or not; to draw a distinction would complicate matters unnecessarily. Introduction to the Study of History When it is said here, then, that the artist sees beauty in nature, the phrase may be understood as a convenient but inexact formula, as when one says the sun rises or the sun sets. The Enjoyment of Art If they have not ideas, they have notions of things, and however inexact and absurd these may be, they are better than emptiness. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) The common idea that Perrault not only produced the masterpieces but set the fashion of the kind is inexact. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 Science, which should be exact, seems altogether inexact, because one observer seems to obtain one result, another a different result. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy Historians endowed with excellent memories, and lazy to boot, have indulged this whim, with the result that their quotations and references are mostly inexact. Introduction to the Study of History He is "very bombastic, very inexact, and strangely independent in the current of his thoughts and in the arrangement of his words." The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 As yet, however, save for the investigations which treat only of two or three authors, there has been hardly more 10 than the general statement of the facts, often inadequate, incomplete, and sometimes inexact. Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century This writer is even more inexact than Stanley, hence, we get very little scientific data from his voluminous works. Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire Her mind was very alert, and she was entirely self-possessed, and frequently rectified any inexact details and statements that were put to her. World's War Events, Vol. I The so-called vegetative life of animals—for I believe the term to be exceedingly inexact—is applied to their growth, that is, to the increase in their weight. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock A collation, incomplete and inexact, of the two texts is given by T. F. Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series She felt that Walter Babson must have been inexact in ever referring to Mr. Ross as “Sherbet Souse.” The Job An American Novel Such people must be made to see the point, which is surely plain enough, that it is useless to have exact figures if they are exact figures about an inexact phrase. Eugenics and Other Evils But the information proved inexact; when Madame Porter's road was tried it was found impassable, and with this and the unforeseen delays it happened that the orders became inapplicable. History of the Nineteenth Army Corps It is thus seen how inexact are the equivalents which are understood to be established for the different foods used for the maintenance of the animals. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Penhallow's short account is inexact, and many of the more recent narratives are not only exaggerated, but sometimes absurdly incorrect. A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I France and England in North America Their excuse lies in the fact that the line was newly drawn and that it was often vague and inexact. The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado I had often heard that the borderline between profundity and insanity was thin and inexact and it was now clear on which side she stood. Greener Than You Think Of course, in strict anthropology, the term is inexact. The New World of Islam He knows, as a scholar will, how every word came upon the paper, consequently he seldom uses language which is either empty or inexact; but with the scholar's accuracy he has also the scholar's pride. Dr. Johnson and His Circle Speech careless, incorrect, but soft, With inexact pronunciation Raises within my breast as oft As formerly much agitation. Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse Girls' ideas about those things are apt to be very inexact when they are in love with a man and do not want to own it. Paul Patoff The chief object of the former extremely inexact science seems to have been to make gold by the synthetic process. From a Terrace in Prague This again is inexact, since there are no precise figures of population that cover the period. The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice Even with instruments specially contrived for such a purpose—with a foot rule, a level, or a theodolite—it is not easy to be exact; it is easier, alas! to be inexact. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American But in so far as it is true that these allusions are rare and inexact, the fact is surely rather in favour of than against the correctness of the titles. The Life of David As Reflected in His Psalms It is no use in scientific matters to use terms of inexact reference. Folklore as an Historical Science Our estimate of men is apt to be as inaccurate and inexact as that of things, or more. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Evil is only an inexact description of a lesser good, or good in the making. Problems of Immanence: studies critical and constructive Tested, even in this inexact fashion, it was evidently much lighter than before; and, by the gratified look with which the philosopher regarded it, he appeared to be much better satisfied with its weight. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" No doubt it would be inexact to say that the perception of one of our ideas always takes place through the same mechanism as the perception of one of our sensations. The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps It is specially important for people blessed, or cursed, with psychic gifts "to give no occasion to the enemy" by exaggeration or inexact memory of details. Seen and Unseen But the word "employer" marks a modern deficiency which makes the modern use of the word "master" quite inexact. A Short History of England The details which he blames as inexact and inconsistent are sometimes most instructive about the circumstances of this provincial town and Roman colonia. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages To obviate the confusion naturally resulting from this three-fold and inexact use of the word, many teachers of music are adopting certain changes in terminology as noted in Sections 105, 106, and 107. Music Notation and Terminology It will be seen at once that this comparison is inexact. The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps Somewhat survives the years, vague, inexact and never at hand when wanted. Confessions of Boyhood But he did not sanction all their excesses: for instance, he did not believe the inexact and contradictory genealogies which we find in his historians. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology Can it be said that there were no inexact statements made by the communicator during all these sittings? Mrs. Piper & the Society for Psychical Research Much of the confusion that has obscured the understanding of the believers should be attributed to this double error involved in the inexact rendering of an only partially understood statement. The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh The range finders on the Scharnhorst used the fire on the Monmouth as a guide for a time, though eventually all range finding, aiming and observations became so inexact that fire was stopped at 7.26. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War There are two or three methods of dry assay for iron, but they are not only inexact, but more troublesome than the wet methods, and need not be further considered. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. I said that she preened herself; the word is inexact. Lore of Proserpine I have said there were some inexact statements, but they are very few. Mrs. Piper & the Society for Psychical Research Both in pacifist thought and in the criticisms of pacifism, a great deal of confusion arises because of the inexact use of terms. Introduction to Non-Violence So "nature from nature," and "wisdom from wisdom" are less inexact than "essence from essence." Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition The investigation of any UFO sighting is an inexact science at the very best. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects For your leader-writer is inexact, though complimentary, in assuming that any 'special genius' enables me to cultivate orchids without more expense than other greenhouse plants entail, or even without a gardener. About Orchids A Chat If the reported facts are unverifiable, this does not prove that they are inexact. Mrs. Piper & the Society for Psychical Research In this respect popular notions are as inexact as in the very similar case of the supply of phosphorus. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science This, however, is an inexact way of speaking, and to be avoided, for fear of giving occasion to error. Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition I have been so inexact, as to take no list of them before nailing up the box. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 The idea, I suppose, has been taken up from what is said in Wirt's history of Mr. Henry, page 87, and from an inexact attention to its precise terms. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 To lead our colleague to make inexact declarations, or to concealments from a feeling of imminent personal danger? Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men This detail, as the French newspapers politely phrase it, is inexact. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science In the first place it is said—and I take this point first, because the imputation is too frequently admitted by Physiologists themselves—that Biology differs from the Physico-chemical and Mathematical sciences in being "inexact." Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews It seems to be based on the following very inexact statement in Chambers's Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen. Sir Walter Scott as a Critic of Literature I say subtle, because it is an extremely close approximation that will deceive the eye, and is quite difficult to prove inexact. Amusements in Mathematics His narrative of continental transactions is in particular extremely inexact. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) In explanation of this obviously inexact statement she announced to him her mother's stern decree. Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 This is ordinarily called the esthetic sense, but that is an inexact term, for esthetic sense signifies a sense of the beautiful and what is esthetic is not necessarily beautiful. Musical Memories He made a strong effort of memory, trying to recall whether he had been careless and inexact in weighing any of the materials, but he knew that he had been most precise. Marietta A Maid of Venice Nothing is so trivial as to be left inexact. Machiavelli, Volume I But beyond these useful purposes it is inadequate and even inexact. Little Essays of Love and Virtue The quotations as given by the author are inexact. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official As a result his interpretation of the older works was inexact. Musical Memories Had she not, without consulting her parents, applied to high heaven for an increase in live stock, and was not the answer to this application, however inexact, manifestly her responsibility. New Faces He was "imaginative, erratic, inconsistent, recklessly inexact," and his imagination led him by way of a patent medicine to company promoting on the Hooley scale. H. G. Wells It must be acknowledged, however, that the idea of Lavoisier and Laplace was rather vague and even inexact on one important point. The New Physics and Its Evolution This statement is inexact; Hindoo daughters, as a rule, inherit nothing from their fathers; a Muhammadan daughter takes half the share of a son. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official His words fled through Howat's brain like racing birds; the latter's motions were unsteady, inexact. The Three Black Pennys A Novel They did not see that these axioms were nothing better than very vague and very uncertain propositions; that the definitions were inexact, defective, and bizarre. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) So susceptible is the foolish spirit of mortal to those subtle, impalpable influences of atmosphere that we try to describe, in terms of inexact science, as personality, vibration, aura, magnetism. Martha By-the-Day The methods of writing in the Far East, being pictorial and inexact, require scrutiny of the context before a given sentence can be correctly interpreted. The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate The words 'of the same clan' are inexact. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official He had always visualized it as automatically prosperous, a cause of large, inexact pride; but now it was all near to him; he considered the competition rapidly increasing here, and the jealous menace over seas. The Three Black Pennys A Novel He had a quick, shallow cleverness, which could get up pretty easily enough of inexact knowledge to pass muster in the schools. Acton's Feud A Public School Story |
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