Word: thorough
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first thorough renovation that the White House has received since before the war is now under way. The entire heating plant is being torn out, and hereafter the White House will be heated from the furnaces of the State, War and Navy building next door. The renovation is expected to take ten weeks-the approximate duration of the President's absence...
...thorough physical examination for every man, woman and child in the United States once a year on his birthday is the goal set by the National Health Council, which will open a year's campaign on July 4 for health examinations to forestall disease. The Council has the backing of the organized medical profession...
...from the mental discipline there to be derived. Recently the number of Harvard men going to the Law School has declined. This may be an indication that the "floaters" are drifting into the Business School. Modern business is in reality becoming a profession in which a broad training and thorough technique will be increasingly in demand. New York Times...
...purpose of the school will be not only to train writers but to give them a thorough background of general knowledge. The studies will include economics, political science, history and English...
...first impression given by the fourteenth Freshman Red Book is one of monumental completeness. The book includes an admirably thorough record of every phase of the life of the class of 1926, all the more thorough because of the speed with which it has been put through the press. It contains accounts of a baseball game and track meet held as late as May 5, and was printed, bound, and ready for distribution less than a month later...