Word: thoroughness
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...chastened patient leapt at the chance for a reprieve. In his case, it appears to have paid off. One year later, a thorough examination of his blood and tissue shows that he is completely virus-free...
...with the idea of a Superman--a being detached from crude physicalities and endowed with a perfection of intellect that marks the final step of human evolution. Don Juan and the Devil engage in a lengthy debate that ends with Don Juan's going off to Heaven for more thorough contemplation of his ideas...
...investigations. The Air Force's office of special investigations observes a kind of "Don't ask, don't tell" policy: it will not look into a case until someone--usually the cheated-on spouse--calls attention to it. But once activated, the OSI, as Flinn discovered, is very, very thorough, researching such items as foreplay, favorite positions and birth control. Relatives have learned for the first time of their loved one's infidelities from investigators inquiring about his or her sexual habits. In one such instance, reported in the Washington Post, the 78-year-old mother of Lieut. Colonel Karen...
...doubt. It's about all McVeigh attorney Stephen Jones has left. After more than two years of preparation, spending between three and ten million dollars on the case, Jones presented only 25 witnesses in three days of testimony. The suddenness of the defense argument, contrasted with a sharp and thorough prosecution that crisply made its points with more than 125 witnesses over three weeks, had many believing the defense had blown it. But Cole notes that McVeigh's lawyers made inroads in closing arguments that attacked star prosecution witness Michael Fortier and the forensic evidence in the case. Christopher Tritico...
These are important questions, but with the U.S. a virtual foreign policy-free zone lately, there has been almost no debate outside the diplomatic and academic community about NATO extension. There will be more after the July NATO summit, and it should be thorough. Critics will question whether the U.S. should get more deeply involved in Europe. They will focus, properly, on the cost of expansion--$35 billion overall, according to the White House, vs. the $125 billion Congressional Budget Office estimate--and argue that defending London is one thing, but Budapest? Proponents of expansion will counter yes, Budapest...