Word: thorough
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...only trouble was that I had to make the rounds of my district and the wrecked bridges forced me to cycle perhaps seventy extra miles to do it." He regrets only that "the trials and executions (set up by the Maquis to take care of collaborators) were not more thorough where they could have done much good...
Columbia has a sort of counterpart to Radcliffe in Barnard College. Unlike Radcliffe, however, it maintains a separate faculty and a pretty thorough independence from its big brother. Barnard was named in honor of Columbia President Frederick A. P. Barnard, who, until his death in 1889, unsuccessfuly attempted to introduce coeducation or "joint instruction...
Under the new system, maids will make up beds weekly instead of daily and will change linens and give the room a thorough cleaning on that...
...Rhyme Prose on Literature by Wen Fu and translated by Achilles Fang, describes the feelings of a poet when he creates. In spite of the loss of rhyme, and perhaps meaning as well, through translation, the imagery is fresh and at times brilliant. Mr. Fu has made a careful, thorough exploration of his subject and has conveyed the experiences of his art in a clear, unfaltering manner...
...overwhelming was Senator McCarthy's victory in the Wisconsin primary that it suggested a thorough re-examination of the 1952 national campaign. It did not necessarily call for a reappraisal of Joe himself. He was not accused of being a poor campaigner but of making unsupported accusations against individuals and of distorting facts. These charges were neither proved nor disproved at the ballot...