Word: thorough
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...elusive Ruth causes even the most thorough of his researchers to resort to historiography when it comes to the fabled "called shot," in the 1932 World Series. Did Babe really point to a spot over the fence in Wrigley Field's deep center and hit the ball precisely to that spot? Creamer comes up with 16 eyewitness accounts and five pages of detailed analysis undermining the credibility of many of the writers who inspired the myth. But he never clearly disproves that the Babe pre-designated the ball's path...
...best known for his interpretations-some would say distortions-of Stanislavsky's precepts, practiced most intensely at the Actors Studio in New York City and called casually the Method. Those for whom the Studio and the Method are synonyms of indulgence will be surprised by Strasberg's thorough, precise approach to his role. "A lot of actors, every time you shoot another take of a scene, they do the same action differently," says Francis Coppola. "Not Lee. He always did the same thing. He told me, 'You break your leg, you always break it the same...
...AUCOIN. Taking a Northwest Oregon district that had not gone Democratic in 81 years, AuCoin (pronounced Oh-coin) is a smooth-talking politician who wears conservative dark suits but is a thorough liberal. As majority leader in the Oregon legislature, AuCoin, 32, championed environmental issues, consumer protection and civil rights. His opponent, Diarmuid O'Scannlain, former director of Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality, was similarly strong in supporting protective environmental measures. But AuCoin, a former newspaperman and university publicist, proved more impressive on television and ran a better-organized, labor-supported campaign...
...thorough investigation of all the cases involved, rather than the "too-late to tell" analysis that the health department provided, might have revealed whether the virus was in the school's food supply...
...broader goal, chapter 31 of the General Laws should be amended to transfer the responsibility of investigating police misconduct complaints from the police department and city manager to a civilian police commission. Citizens should not tolerate a police department that is incapable of thorough internal investigation and impartial disciplinary hearings. Should Cambridge police mishandle the hearings on the Anderson case, the public should press city and state policy makers to effect a wholesale change in the system...