Word: thorough
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...well smeared. McCarthy's support of Eisenhower in 1952 implied to McCarthy's followers an end of what Joe now calls "20 years of treason." But his continued attacks on the State Department, on the Information Service and, above all, on the Army and Bob Stevens, a thorough Republican, give Democrats a chance to mock: "One more year of treason...
...whole, preferring instead to let individual lines go to single persons or small groups. But the chorus always seems to speak at a feverish intensity; greater contrast would lend much to the dramatic effect. The three priests, on the contrary, speak with a careful modulation that shows thorough understanding of their roles...
...enter as Sophomores or higher on the basis of tests, the use of exams for advanced placement in specific courses continued. The announcement in 1921 that the College would give credit for by-passed courses only at the end of the senior year, and then only after a thorough study of each case, stifled any undergraduate hopes of loafing through the last year. And instead of great mobs applying for the optional tests, there were only one or two yearly inquiries. After continued disuse and general lack of interest the Faculty voted to abolish anticipatory credit in 1934. Until today...
...plan's heart is a thorough revision and expansion of the present placement system. Too often, students waste time in courses beneath their ability simply to satisfy prerequisite requirements. The Committee's proposals call for the administration of placement tests in languages, English, mathematics, history, and science to determine the level at which a student should work. But no provision is made for the use of essay tests to supplement the objective techniques used at the present time. Such tests are necessary, for in addition to measuring writing ability, they could weigh a student's grasp of concepts, not facts...
Sources close to the Committee indicated that at least this much time will be required for a thorough revision of the preliminary report it heard yesterday...