Word: poring
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...help involve faculty members in the decision-making process, De Gennaro instituted what he calls the "dotting project." Prime candidates for the depository that hadn't been checked out in five years were marked with round, colored stickers, and professors were invited to pore through the stacks and remove the stickers from books they thought needed to remain on the shelves...
...malice that drips from every pore of Valmont's character is unmatched by the Marquise. While Valmont and the Marquise are supposed to be equally evil and apathetic, Valmont surpasses the Marquise on both these counts...
...fact, to the unit, how a crime is committed is much more revealing than why. In doing criminal investigative analysis, more popularly known as profiling, agents pore over police reports, autopsy and laboratory results, maps, sketches and photographs of the crime scene. They rarely visit the scene itself. "Police with a suspect in mind may become biased in interpreting information," says agent John Douglas, who heads the profiling branch. "We don't want to be emotionally slanted." Especially important in understanding the criminal is gathering information about the victim. "A profile depends on there being interaction between the offender...
...pore: to meditate or ponder intently; to read or study with steady attention or application...
...Blocking punts] has been a part of our philosophy going in and every week, we pore over the films to look for a weakness," Harvard Coach Joe Restic said. "We were fortunate enough that we had people through that had a little speed and a good jump on the ball and were able to block...