Word: detailism
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...sometime spy who tipped off Roosevelt to the V-3, was one of F.D.R.'s occasionally wild-haired espionage operatives. In Roosevelt's Secret War: FDR and World War II Espionage (Random House; 564 pages; $35), Joseph E. Persico explores--with judicious historical zest and a fine eye for detail--the hallucinatory world of snooping, concealments, betrayals and confidence games played for world-history stakes...
...heartbreaking pictures in your early edition devoted to the Sept. 11 tragedy [SPECIAL ISSUE] conveyed in sharp, vivid detail the chaos and horrific scenes of an unforgettable day. I will take this special issue and put it in a safe place. When my friends or relatives complain about minor, incidental inconveniences, I will retrieve it and place it on a table in front of them. I will not utter a word; it will speak for me. Thank you, TIME, for this brilliant but profoundly sad issue. JOE TROIANO Havertown...
...Every member doesn’t know every detail of every initiative,” he said...
...long-standing conflict over Palestinian territory, according to Avnery, is due to the fact that the Israelis and Arabs “contradict each other on every single detail of the last few hundred years...
...installation is one of the few opportunities before Commencement for students to see Harvard’s full pomp and circumstance. We hope it will also be an opportunity for students to learn in more detail where Summers intends to lead the University. We urge all students to attend the installation, to greet our new University president and to hear his plans for the future...