A few days ago, a fellow named Michael Forbes was designated Scotsman of the year — "Top Scot," to be precise — in a popular contest sponsored by the Glenfiddich whiskey company and The Scotsman, a leading newspaper in Scotland.
When it came to other cases argued before him, McCarthy compensated for his lack of experience as a jurist by demanding, and relying heavily upon, precise briefs from the contesting attorneys.
Kane settled the contest with a precise first-half header to join Jürgen Klinsmann, Teddy Sheringham and Gareth Bale as Tottenham's record goalscorer in a Premier League season with 21 goals.
A contest's time is precise and limited; its court dimensions, clear and uniform: As Gene Hackman famously proved in Hoosiers, the rim is always exactly ten feet from the ground whether at an urban playground or in a professional arena.
Intended for gladiatorial contests, in which the precise dimensions of the field were of slight importance, the amphitheatre was designed to afford maximum seating capacity and optimum visual facility for spectators.
In simple but precise language he defined the terms of the coming contest.
Given the fact that Chet Traylor jumped into the GOP primary contest at the last minute for the precise reason that Vitter was so scandal-tainted, this comes as something of a surprise.
As magnificent as the contest was, it wasn't a celebration of precise football.
The real battles between the Administration and deficit hawks will be fought over medium-term budgetary developments: The 2006 budget contest will turn on a debate about the precise balance between non-defense and defense discretionary expenditure.
Because Thursday's elections took place only in English shire counties and unitaries, with no local contests in Wales, Scotland, London and metropolitan England, the results are not a precise representation of the national vote share across the whole of Britain.
