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Word: thorough (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Your admirable and thorough article on the U.N. correctly states that it is not a superstate or a world federation, but how can you say that "The world is not yet ready, and may never be, for a world government"? All realists must agree that, until the U.N. becomes a limited world federation, world destruction will threaten us at every maneuver of international politics. Will we ever be more ready for world government than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 18, 1955 | 7/18/1955 | See Source »

...Premier Chou Enlai, where, according to Radio Peking, there was much "clinking of glasses with those sitting at nearby tables." The Communists also feasted on propaganda. The U.S., charged Chou, is trying to block "peaceful unification of Viet Nam." "These plots," echoed Ho, "gravely threaten peace." Together, they demanded "thorough implementation" of the Geneva Agreements. Under the terms of Geneva, the Communists and the French are supposed to consult together July 20 to work out plans for an all-Viet Nam election next year. The Communists may well decide to press for this at the Big Four Conference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Banquet Barrage | 7/11/1955 | See Source »

...local tavern (still bone dry), learn to turn out such dishes as chicken flakes in bird's nest, eggnog pie, toasted Brazil-nut pie and ginger biscuits. They weave bedspreads, napkins and tablecloths, produce a vast assortment of wooden furniture. Though no student graduates without a thorough grounding in the liberal arts. Berea regards its work program as an essential part of its education. Whether black or white, foreign or native, every boy or girl must put in at least ten hours a week at some sort of labor. "In Berea," says President Hutchins, "we refer to labor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Of One Blood | 7/11/1955 | See Source »

...ironical that a few supposedly "intellectually acclimatized" politicians are able, in a few short weeks, to make a shambles of the painstakingly thorough job of research Dr. Salk and his staff conducted during the vaccine trials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 13, 1955 | 6/13/1955 | See Source »

Another snapped: it is "ridiculous"' to suggest that Beria could deceive the whole Soviet government and party, which has, "just as our party in Yugoslavia, an extremely thorough checkup apparatus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YUGOSLAVIA: Come Back, Little Tito | 6/6/1955 | See Source »

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