Word: thorough
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...being inflicted on the rest of the world. Police feared immediately that the bombers could inspire a legion of amateur imitators, as the original wave of skyjackings had done back in 1968-though one deterrent was the fact that preparing the letter bombs is a dangerous game, requiring a thorough knowledge of explosives. The bombs sent last week to Israelis were presumably mailed by Arab terrorists. The Israeli embassy in London said that one of the envelopes contained a leaflet from the Black September organization, which was responsible for the Munich murders. Black September itself remained silent...
Civil libertarians and writers immediately charged that the proposed definition of obscenity would "virtually outlaw any expression of nonconformity" and "inhibit the serious artist." The Times of London found the whole report effective "as a barrage in a campaign" but not thorough, coherent or detached enough to be useful in sparking new legislation...
...temperament that might be described by Archie Bunker as "hebe Hollywood egghead"-or, if Archie knew the word, compulsive. The only eye in the hurricane of activity that he whips up around him each day is the moment when he retires to the men's room for a thorough perusal of the New York Times. One of his two outside interests is writing letters to Presidents and other political leaders on such topics as Viet Nam, the ICBM debate and school desegregation. His voluminous correspondence with four Administrations is filed in a cabinet at his ten-room colonial house...
...spokesmen insist that the company "has no record or recollection of any meeting concerning a possible recall campaign" on 1959-60 Cadillacs. Nevertheless, Cadillac officials "are conducting a thorough investigation." The center estimates that about 100,000 of the cars are still on the road-impressive testimony to Cadillac's durability. If they are now involved in a recall, their numbers would make a significant addition to an already embarrassing statistic: during the past nine months, Detroit's automakers have recalled more cars than they produced...
...legal treatise on the First Amendment issues of free speech and free press," and it is not. Revelation of the fact that the district court in Washington does not meet on summer weekends because the air conditioning is turned of in its building cannot replace a thorough discussion of the legal aspects of publishing the papers...