Word: thorough
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...regarding Princeton's club system and its relation to admission policy to be an expression of editorial policy, which it was not . . . The university has always considered an applicant's character and school activities as well as scholastic standing in its admissions policy. The Princetonian favors more thorough interviewing to more effectively gauge these factors, but opposes any consideration of "social background...
...burned their hands when they moved contaminated material without using safety equipment which was provided . . . On June 2, 1952, four persons were exposed to a burst of radiation at Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Ill., when a chain reaction experiment became supercritical for an instant. The exposed personnel . . . were given thorough examinations. No ill effects have been observed...
...pleasant set of Variations by Buxtehude, Davison Joined with violinist Paul Revitt to play Schubert's Duo Sonata, (op.162). Despite the high opus number, it is a product of Schubert's youth, full of happy tunes and harmonic surprises. But Revitt's thievish tone and generally erratic technique made thorough enjoyment of the price difficult. Three Brahms Intermezzi followed, all of them receiving broad, well-molded performances...
...Huge Secret. He died as he had lived, shrouded in dark and oriental mystery. For one of history's momentous events, the outside world had only the carefully stage-managed story told by the handful of men at Stalin's elbow. It was, nonetheless, very thorough...
...Kremlin the elaborate medical ritual went on-every flutter of an eyelid neatly noted, every rasp of breath counted. Murder by medicine was a recognized technique in the world Stalin built and ruled; his wary survivors labored to document a thorough record of the Boss's last moments...