Word: thorough
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Respect is due the other beautiful religions that exist in China. Those going must develop a new kerygma, one based on a thorough understanding of what mainland China is all about...
...that means, of course, primarily matters that affect in some way the educational process. The other thing that seems necessary if he's to have any influence and if he's to maintain the proper standards of the University is that he speak only when he has a very thorough command of the facts and the problems and the arguments involved. In short, it is important for the President to speak out, but if he is to husband his influence and exercise it properly, those occasions are going to be relatively infrequent...
...Quiet. Equally thorough preparations were being made inside the prison by other Tupamaros, who were confined in cells on the third floor. These cells had already been clandestinely connected by chipping away the mortar so that bricks could be removed and replaced with ease. Holes had also been drilled in the end cells on each floor, allowing the Tupamaros to move from their third-floor cells to the second and first floors on makeshift ladders of blankets and wood. By the time the break took place, a tunnel had already been dug leading from a ground-floor cell and under...
...draft-reform bill this year, for example, there were some 65 amendments in the Senate. On each one, Muskie demanded a staff memo. Adding to the burden, Muskie made a major speech on the bill that required six redrafts. He is a cool, cerebral and persistent plodder, insisting on thorough research, wary of hasty conclusions, suspicious of headline-grabbing pronouncements. Says George Mitchell, his deputy campaign director: "He's simply not a guy who will do things because someone says he should. He demands to know the reasons...
...Whether the documents are authentic or not, they have already played a significant role in the election by providing an acceptable reason for Big Minh to withdraw. Even if they prove to be no more than an ingenious fabrication designed to discredit the Thieu regime, the instructions constitute a thorough manual on how to manipulate a national election. And there is one strong argument for their authenticity: some of the measures they recommend for the months leading up to the election have already been taken...