Word: detailing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President, although he had two years in which to present the proposal, did not do so until a week before the closing of Congress. He presented it, not in great detail or with much explanation, but in comparative outline. He brought it to the Senate as a surprise, without preparing public opinion or political circles for its reception. He presented it as if it were a preparation for a later move...
Slides were then thrown on the screen showing the exact location and the topography in the neighborhood of the peak. Taking his subject well in hand Mr. Mallory described in detail the expedition's first attempt to scale the mountain last May. After establishing five camps the party fell short of reaching their destination by 2,000 feet. They would have gone further but the third member of the party became ill and in order not to leave him to die, it was decided to turn back...
...evident that the only certain way to prove a man has been buried is to have the imprint of his finger taken just before lowering his body into the grave. And this is a detail that it is useful to know, as mystery plays and popular novels inform...
...begin at 4 o'clock with a meeting of a selected University squad in Newell Boat House. These men, who will make up a temporary University squad, will be addressed by Coach F. J. Muller, who will outline the general plans for the coming season, and will explain in detail the work for the next few weeks. Rowing on the machines will start at this time and will continue daily...
Large assignments covered in detail by tests force every one to have some idea of the topics covered often from notes--the smaller assignments accompanied by recommended reading which can be used to advantage in a final, informational examination will cram less down the throats of the indifferent majority but at the same time will interest a few in the subject and perhaps provoke some individual work...