Word: thorough
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...drug smugglers. It tried to run from a U.S. Customs patrol boat and stopped only when Agents Patrick Olive and Robert Rutt drew close enough to play their searchlight over its cockpit. One of the four men on board had a record of three narcotics arrests. But a thorough search turned up nothing, so Olive and Rutt could only wave goodbye. Perhaps the boat had been on a successful reconnaissance mission. As Olive explained, "The dope people have their own intelligence and counterintelligence corps. They monitor our communications and use decoy boats to watch our reaction. If we go after...
Accordingly, school districts, foundations, law-enforcement authorities and parent groups are shaping more thorough programs. The National Institute on Drug Abuse figures 72% of the nation's estimated 45.3 million elementary- and secondary-school students are being offered some kind of drug education, but sometimes it may amount to only a paragraph in a health textbook. The U.S. Department of Education's funding for drug education has been so tiny that no one has kept track of it. The department, however, is now considering a $100 million program...
...other notable Harvard graduated from Harvard, only he was no relation to the original Harvard. Nonetheless, John T. Harvard '69's enrollment caused quite a stir, mostly in the Admissions Office, which conducted a thorough check of his name...
...building undergoes a thorough renovation...
...actually writes his own speeches, is trying to become less wooden. "You improve the more you speak," he says. "If you think I'm bad now, you should have seen me at the beginning. I'm up from zero." Having mastered what he calls his "inside game"--a thorough command of detail--he says he is working on his "outside game"--reaching voters with broad themes and symbols. Though Bradley can be standoffish to fellow Senators, he jokes easily with voters on the campaign trail. In an age of media-slick politicians, Bradley's very plainness can be refreshing. "There...