Word: thorough
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensive. He was wounded again. He came home a captain, wearing the Navy Cross, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Croix de guerre and two silver stars-and found to his horror that he could not stay in the service as a regular without a thorough knowledge of naval artillery...
...policy and execution. With regard to policy, afflicted undergraduates complain that a language requirement is useless, as it takes up time better spent in more exciting fields without the recompense of useful knowledge in return. This complaint is valid, insofar as it points to the absurdity of demanding a thorough knowledge of one foreign language, but that is not the requirement's purpose. All that the College demands is a minimal facility, enough to serve as the foundation on which, if they wish, students can later build a working knowledge. As a compromise between the ideal of an educated...
...other hand, was showing clear signs of cooling in her affections for Joe DiMaggio, while Rita Hayworth and Aly Khan definitely called it quits, with Aly settling a reported $50,000 a year on daughter Yasmin. Aly, reported Rita's lawyer, C. Bartley Crum, had behaved like a thorough cad: "Why, he even complained when she took French lessons...
Shortly, Comrade Djuric's words were drowned in angry shouts. "Throw him out!" Quickly, Djuric was thrown out, and Comrade Tito himself took command of the situation. There would be, he promised, a thorough investigation of the charges-but he could already predict that an investigation would prove Comrade Djuric to be a Cominform agent. Unsurprisingly enough, that is just how it came out. Before adjourning, the congress formally accused Comrade Djuric of deviationism and declared him "unworthy to hold party functions...
...report suggests, among other things, secondary schools teach more advanced math courses, carry on college level American history and elementary science courses, and give students a much more thorough grounding in languages than previously given...