Even ultraliberal states like Massachusetts would elect Republican governors like Frank Sargent, Leverett Saltonstall, William Weld and Mitt Romney precisely to keep an austere eye on the depredations of Democratic legislators.
Then, there was no regulating framework for global trade; now both America and China are acting within the WTO, which was created precisely to keep such spats within rules.
That, and a culture that fosters innovation and entrepreneurship, are precisely what keep America unique and vibrant in the face of Eastern efficiency.
The pace had already slowed with the screening of highlights — and the introduction of two recipients, Roger Corman and Lauren Bacall — from an honorary-awards ceremony that had been moved off-camera to a November date, precisely to keep the show from slowing.
At the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, for instance, Mr. Hevesi fought his way through layers of complicated and opaque budgeting that seemed designed precisely to keep the public from knowing what was going on, and in the end produced a more transparent process.
However, the BBC's licence fee and its governing board or trust were created precisely to keep it at arm's length from the meddling of politicians which is so common around the globe.
All art has meaning, intended or not, and part of the meaning of Mr. Richter's is precisely to keep meaning on the move, to hide it, change it, multiply it, undermine it, all the while couching these feints and thrusts in visually ingratiating forms.
Carr says he is fed up with talks of an American dream, and of black martyrs like those young girls in Birmingham, Alabama, of calls by a president for gun control, a culture of which was conceived precisely to keep black Americans down.
The electron gun, interaction region boundary rings and the magnetic field are aligned precisely to keep the projectile beam on the axis of the apparatus when the interaction potential is changed.
Aside from pantomime, he had never taken part in a long-running production, and he had never had to memorise lines precisely or keep to schedules enforced by strict directors and theatre managers.
