Word: thorough
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...president of the University of Washington has been given a thorough lesson in what constitutes the freedom of a university," declared Perry G. E. Miller, professor of American Literature, on his return from a speaking trip to the West Coast. He did not, however, remove his boycott of the university...
...capital gains tax and atomic power. Despite their brevity and sharpness, these essays entail some of the most intensive work that goes into the magazine, often reflecting the research of a dozen or more TIME bureaus. The essay "Executive Trappings" (Jan. 24), for instance, was the result of thorough investigation into the methods various companies use in handling the matter of executive prerogatives, of who rates the rugs. At first glance this may seem a frivolous point. Quite the contrary, as our story showed. It is a real poser in many firms...
...left out of each ticket for the hospitals. The week's haul of $1,830,000 made a total of $110 million for the 25 years since the thrice-yearly s'weeps began. No other nation has ever achieved in this short time such a thorough revolution in its hospitals and public-health system as has Ireland...
...plan would expand Astronomy 120, Practical Astronomy, from a half-year course to a full-year course. "The change would give students a more thorough treatment of the material at a more leisurely pace," he explained...
...typical Marquand hero is usually caught in the middle-classic double play: Ford to Buick to Cadillac. But where The Late George Apley had a lot of endearing old charms and H. M. Pulham, Esq. wore his stuffiness with a certain dignity, Willis Wayde comes closer to being a thorough s.o.b. than any previous Marquand hero...