Researchers began by pinpointing the ovulation cycles of 41 undergraduate women involved in long-term heterosexual relationships.

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By pinpointing communities lying close to habitats preferred by that fly, those with the highest chance of infestation could be identified.

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In June 1997 the legislature passed a sweeping reform bill that sought to correct the inequities by pinpointing certain towns as richer than others, and adjusting the property tax accordingly.

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This high-performance camera also comes with built-in GPS capabilities so photographers can easily log even their most exotic travels by pinpointing the exact latitude and longitude where the image was captured.

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"Absolutely"--by pinpointing profitable items that sell well.

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Scientists made the discovery first by pinpointing their target through infrared images from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, and later using the Very Large Telescope to deduce that the object was both too small to be a star as well as hot and young enough (752F and under 120 million years old) to fit the behavior of a planet orphaned early into its existence.

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Indeed, for all the potential of GPS pinpointing, if consumers are turned off by having advertisers track their every move - as they've recently demonstrated online - geographically targeted advertising may not be the most promising way to pump up the wireless market.

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Since then, DeCode has been pinpointing disease-causing genes at a rapid clip by scanning the DNA of the Icelandic population, with the help of unusually detailed genealogy records that the country has kept.

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The designers have given Garrett a focus ability, as well as implemented fighting gameplay inspired by Guy Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes" film, which featured the title character pinpointing a foe's weak spots.

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Pinpointing the moment when readers get bored could also help publishers create splashier digital editions by adding a video, a Web link or other multimedia features, Mr. Hilt says.

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