1.   A precision instrument whose chief virtues were useless to anyone in this age.

2.   Basingstoke is noted for precision instruments.

3.   Wildland fire is not a precision instrument.

4.   Among the kinds of businesses that pushed for keeping the current standard were tool makers, manufacturers of precision instruments, tile makers and food companies.

5.   A rise in shares of Nikon Corp. and other precision instrument and electronics exporters led gainers.

6.   But in rendering ambiguity, this actress is a precision instrument, bringing emotional clarity to the shifting darkness of Pinter Land.

7.   Companies that make everything from transportation equipment to electrical and general machines to precision instruments to textiles are seeing their export earnings in yen rise.

8.   Declines in steel and precision instrument shares offset gains in chemical and banking shares.

9.   During World War II, the company stopped making toy trains and shifted production to compasses and other precision instruments for the war effort.

10.   Electronics and precision instrument stocks followed their U.S. counterparts lower, traders said.