Word: thorough
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Gulping, "Quite a thorough discussion," Stassen rushed off from his two-hour chat to cable the worst to Washington. Next day Gromyko agreed to "consider" a few changes in the latest Russian plan, but Western diplomats interpreted this as a maneuver to fasten the propaganda blame on the U.S. should talks...
...thorough examination showed no sign of polio. X rays revealed nothing. There seemed to be nothing wrong with Charlie's heart or nervous system. Yet his breathing and swallowing were labored. So the doctors put him in an iron lung. Bit by bit the explanation came out: Charlie's mother-in-law had become angry with him, evidently wanted him out of the way so her daughter could marry a Groote Island aborigine. So, Charlie gasped from his iron lung: "I bin sung." Explained a fellow tribesman, acting as interpreter: "Him bin sung song of dreamtime snake. When...
...incident. It is one of the few noticeable signs of the attempt of gangsters to gain, and in some cases, to enlarge a foothold in the American labor movement. Arrest of the attacker, as a result, would do little toward solving the basic problem. What is required is a thorough and determined attempt to get the racketeers out of the unions--an attempt which must be supported by the AFL-CIO, federal, State and local authorities, by business management, and by continued pressure from the press and public. As Riesel urged from his hospital bed, "Keep the heat...
Since last November and at least through next month, Cartoonist Gray is devoting the strip to a "thorough and penetrating analysis" of teen-age violence. Editors and parents find the story line about Annie's adventures among street hoodlums a little too authentic for comfort. Last week the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and Columbus' Ohio State Journal both suspended Annie until she finds better companions. Explained the morning Globe-Democrat on its front page: "Annie . . . features muggings, switchblade knives and language that we think does not fit into [this] type of newspaper." Half a dozen other dailies from...
Thurgood Marshall, counsel for the N.A.A.C.P., made the first move. After a more thorough examination, he told the court, his investigators had found no evidence to support the conspiracy charge. He asked leave to withdraw it. Over the objections of the university lawyer, Andrew J. Thomas, Judge Grooms approved, also allowed Marshall to withdraw charges against the four rioters, three of whom had already been arrested. After that, the case settled down to the basic issues: 1) Had the university been justified in suspending Autherine for the sake of safety, and 2) should it be ordered to take her back...