Word: thorough
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College authorities issued a directive to maids to concentrate on cleaning. Every dormitory room will get a thorough cleaning three times a week, but beds will be up to the students...
...becoming increasingly disturbed about the handling of tax cases. I discussed the matter with Mr. Drake Watson, then the United States attorney ... I called Attorney General J. Howard McGrath on the long-distance telephone and . . . told him that in my opinion there was pressing need for a thorough investigation of the Internal Revenue Collector's office and of the failure to prosecute tax evaders...
After a quick and thorough check by topnotch authorities, the Food & Drug Administration gave its verdict last week. Chloromycetin was connected with the deaths of at least 72 aplastic anemia victims. However, there are "serious and sometimes fatal diseases in which its use is necessary," the FDA decided; therefore, doctors may still use it. But the manufacturers, Parke, Davis & Co., must warn doctors on the leaflet packed with every bottle that studies of the patient's blood are essential if Chloromycetin is given for a long time. Further. "Chloromycetin should not be used indiscriminately or for minor infections...
...married to one of his fellow violin students and living in Larchmont, N.Y., Harrell still likes to sing the classics, especially the part of Christ in the St. Matthew Passion. But he thinks casting directors expect him to be good at learning difficult modern scores because of the thorough musical training he got studying the violin. On Baritone Harrell's schedule for next winter: parts in Milhaud's Christopher Columbus (with the Philharmonic-Symphony) and Stravinsky's Rake's Progress at the Metropolitan Opera...
Theodora and the Emperor is too glib to be taken with thorough seriousness, but it is thoroughly readable...