Word: thorough
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Most of these concentrators, then, major in Music for semi-professional training and seek their liberal education through a wide range of outside courses, since only six are required for honors concentration. The typical attitude is expressed by a sophomore: "I am majoring in Music because I wanted a thorough training in the field. But because I also wanted a first rate liberal education in addition to my Music, I came here rather than to a conservatory...
CONGRATULATIONS FOR CLEAR AND THOROUGH REPORTING ON THE SHOWDOWN IN SAIGON. JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE YOUR MAY 9 STORY WAS PUBLISHED WE RECEIVED THIS URGENT CABLE FROM PREMIER DIEM I "ALMOST 1,OOO,OOO HUMAN BEINGS FLED FROM COMMUNIST NORTH VIET NAM IN LAST FEW MONTHS. THIS IS GREATEST BLOW COMMUNISTS HAVE SUFFERED IN ASIA. THESE PEOPLE MUST BE SAVED. LAST GATE TO FREEDOM, PORT HAIPHONG, CLOSES MAY 16. 25O,OOO MORE NOW TRYING TO ESCAPE BEFORE DEADLINE...
...ATOMIC CONTROL. There is little prospect of stable peace while two or more inimical sovereign govern ments have uncontrolled power over the manufacture and use of atomic weapons. The U.S. proposed international control even when it had a monopoly, but the U.S.S.R. has persistently refused to agree to the thorough inspection that would be necessary to make control effective. The U.S.S.R. wants to "abolish" atomic weapons, i.e., it wants to sign a toothless agreement which a democratic country would keep, but which the U.S.S.R. could ignore...
...Tests Work. On the face of it, nothing could be more thorough than the inactivation and testing procedures worked out by Dr. Jonas E. Salk and adopted as standard by the Public Health Service. To "kill" or (more precisely) inactivate the virus, a formaldehyde solution is added to it. Typically, one cubic centimeter of this is enough to kill the virus in 4,000 cc. of culture. After about , three days only one particle out of 10 million will be left active. In an effort to eliminate even this last particle, the process is continued for as long...
...recommendation stated, however, that a Department of Religion might be advisable to fill in gaps in course offerings. Such a department, the Council said, would also ensure thorough coverage of all major portions of religious thought, beyond that offered in the fundamentally Protestant Divinity School...