Word: thorough
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Undoubtedly, this project Johns Hopkins has adopted has given the graduate students a thorough knowledge of their profession, but their lack of a sound cultural background will seriously hinder them in formulating ideas in the true perspective of actual events. Instead of a step forward, the idea is a compromise between the old method whereby no degree was required, and the present system of demanding a foundation in the arts previous to entering any advanced field...
...which required an estimate of the value of the work of the Y. M. C. A. and the proportion of the welfare work which was accomplished by the Y. M. C. A. Those who were in France during the period of this inquiry will recall that the investigation was thorough, and that there was at least no prejudice in favor of the "Y" on the part of the investigators. In every major command, officers and enlisted men were required to testify and their depositions are a part of the record...
Said President Angell: "The Institute will foster no fads and hold no briefs for theories except those which grow out of thorough scientific investigation. It is believed by those organizing the Institute of Human Relations that the specialization which followed the important scientific discoveries of the last century has done much to advance man's knowledge of human life and the technique for dealing with special phases of it, but that the time has now come for drawing together this knowledge and applying it to the best advantage of mankind as a whole. Man himself must...
...dramatic lapse, perhaps, but an exultant climax to the even tenor of sadness that pervades the book. Miss Wylie's characters are extremely given to hurting each other and themselves, like the pea-feeling princess. This quality of sensitive thorough-bredness makes them immensely appealing-if just a touch fairytale...
Born in dismal Hoboken, N.J., in 1864, Stieglitz went to private and public schools and to the College of the City of New York. Following his father's wishes, he studied mechanical engineering. But photochemistry and photography allured him, and he turned to these subjects, receiving a thorough Germanic induction at the Berlin Polytechnic School and the University of Berlin (1888-90). Returning to Manhattan, he practiced photo-engraving for three years, experimented in three-color work, married Emmeline Obermeyer of New York. Then, in 1895, at 31, he "retired...