Word: thorough
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...STATE that such information is "personal" and not political is to do no more than provide a cover explanation for why the DAS does not wish its activities to be disclosed in greater detail. Perhaps more than anything else, a thorough understanding of how the DAS field teams relate to the varying levels of officialdom in the host governments is essential to any appraisal of that agency's goals and effectiveness. This information is not available in any of the published research carried on by the DAS in Cambridge, nor is it provided by the so-called "substantive documents," which...
...Schutz Lobe den Herren is a marvelous piece, done by the chorus and continuo. The University Choir did a thorough job on it, obviously responding well to Ferris's direction...
...offset the tax reductions. Heath's government is pruning the welfare state in an even more thorough manner than did Winston Churchill when he returned to power in 1951 after six years of Labor rule. The new budget eliminates funds for the nationalization of the ports, halts grants for industry and the building of tourist hotels and will begin phasing out aid for London commuter rail lines. "Our object," explained Barber, "is to widen the area within which industry rather than government will take decisions...
Church-state separation as embodied in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was not, however, so thorough as we may tend to think. National religious and church establishment was thereby prohibited but state churches and state religious existed at that time. From the cited Laubach: "As Professor Wilbur Katz has pointed out, 'It seems undeniable that the First Amendment operated and was intended to operate, to protect from Congressional interference the varying state policies of church establishment.' The Amendment forbade Congress to disestablish as well as to establish religion...
England paid enthusiastic attention to Ike and Tina, as it was paying to so many black American musicians. The Turners met British rock stars, such as Eric Clapton, whose knowledge black bluesmen was thorough-far more thorough than that of most white American musicians. The Beatles and the Stones were taking their inspiration from the songs of Sam Cooke, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry-and making no secret of it. In a matter of time, American youth got with it and began reconsidering certain lines of prejudice, such as that between Pop and Rhythm-and-Blues, or between black...