Word: thorough
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...trade of the 19th century. Several documents relate incidents connected with the embargo of 1808 and others describe the magnitude of the carrying trade of the clipper era. The value of the collection will increase as interest in the post-Colonial period deepens. It affords a very thorough source of information on the commercial growth of New England and covers the critical events...
...case of my essay, the transformation was both startling and thorough. Although I devoted, as requested, special pains and over 3,000 words to the gowning of my theme, when it actually appeared it was only half clothed--and radically differently, at that. Most of the scholarly detail was mutilated or entirely missing. In several places, decent color was suggestively heightened. The egotistical tiara which concluded the new version was made from foolscap, paste, and ink not of my manufacture and was substituted for the constructive suggestions which alone gave excuse and meaning to my design. Lastly, the editors...
...Defeat came last week to Nellie Tayloe Ross, Democrat, Governor of Wyoming. She lost by only 1,000 votes, but she is a thorough gentlewoman with a Rhodes Scholar son, so forthwith she despatched a telegram to her conqueror, Frank E. Emerson, Republican. Said she: "My congratulations and hope for a successful administration." Florence Ellinwood Allen, Ohio State Supreme Court Judge will hold a higher state office than any other woman...
Director Bingham stated in regard to the possibility of a boxing team yesterday that a thorough study of the experience of Yale and other colleges with boxing as a minor sport would be made before his committee gave its decision...
...purpose of the Congress is to appraise the value of a college education as it is at present conducted by different institutions throughout the country. Through the speakers and through committee meetings on specific questions relating to the proposition under discussion, the Congress will afford an opportunity for a thorough examination and a careful analysis of all angles of the problem...