Word: thorough
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This fang-and-claw attitude has prompted a thorough reappraisal of the State Department's personnel system. Rather belatedly, Deputy Under Secretary William Macomber Jr., the department's top administrative officer, called in Thomas' widow Cynthia and offered her virtually any job she wanted. More broadly, the selection-out rules have been changed to prevent the flagrant injustice in the systems. Now an officer who achieves Class 5 cannot be fired until he has reached age 50 or served 20 years. This way, at least, he is entitled to retirement...
...Florida State Division of Banking, said Greene, agreed to provide them with bank records until it learned that the bank involved was Rebozo's. They were never able to find out how much Government money was spent on Nixon's Key Biscayne houses. Nonetheless, they produced a thorough report on the freewheeling world of Florida real estate that is not sensational but reveals 1,001 questionable little doings. "We're not looking for criminals," says Perfall, adding dryly, "we are trying to produce a detailed, factual account to tell people how their Government really works...
...This must be under control before the implantation takes place. Otherwise the new bone marrow can quickly become infected. Therefore patients must learn how to clean and take care of their mouths before they undergo marrow grafting. This process includes adjustment of the bite, a special schedule of antibiotics, thorough cleaning and lessons in proper toothbrushing techniques. According to Schallhorn, one man underwent nearly five years of preparatory treatment before he finally "got religion" and started following dentist's orders...
...Vivant is now in receivership, but company officials still hope to get back in business despite FDA charges, made after a thorough examination of the company plant, that its products were often improperly sterilized and were not fit for consumption by "man or animal." Up to 4,000,000 cans of Bon Vivant products remain in warehouses round the country, while the company continues to press the drug agency for a test to determine whether or not these products can be put back on the market...
Third, the scientists questioned the right of ORSA to police the performance of nonmembers and expressed doubts about whether ORSA had the resources to carry out a thorough inquiry...