Word: thorough
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Secretary of Defense has ever come to the job with such sterling credentials or thorough preparation. Still, as Harold Brown points out, most of his predecessors got into trouble "because of things for which no one could be prepared." Then he adds with a slight frown, "There is nothing quite so likely to lead to error as believing that you know all about a situation when in fact it is not the same situation you remember. That's a trap I could easily fall into...
...Chariots of the Gods rather than seeing it as a serious scholarly work. To prevent such offhand dismissal of his theory, Jaynes asked his publisher for complete control over the book's format. He chose the type style, designed the cover, and insisted on the rather ponderous title and thorough footnoting. He says the book's present appearance clearly shows he is "not trying to sell books but to contribute to knowledge." "Books are much too important to leave to publishers," he adds with a grin...
Speaking slowly as his mind gropes for a way out, Nixon recalls that in a familiar July 6, 1972, conversation, he told acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray to "conduct your aggressive and thorough investigation." Nixon does not note that this was after the CIA had refused to put its concerns about "national security" in writing, as Gray had insisted. Nixon tells Frost that this FBI go-ahead shows that, whatever he might have said in June, by July he certainly was not obstructing justice...
...bomb scare in Lehman Hall yesterday prompted a thorough search of the building by University police and the Cambridge Fire Department...
...first proposals would prevent the number of concentrations from growing and the second would make visiting committee reviews more thorough but less frequent. Visiting committees now often stay on campus for only one or two days yearly...