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Lonsdale's anthology is quite thorough. Although he clearly understands that the book's function is to serve, in Fielding's terms, as a bill of fare before whatever feast the reader might desire, he spent years scouring all available sources to uncover a selection of admirable breadth. There are extracts from Pope's Dunciad, Rape of the Lock, Essay on Man, and assorted Epistles and Elegles. Johnson's Vanity of Human Wishes is printed in full, as are Swift's Description of the Morning and his Verses On The Death Of Doctor Swift. There are generous selections from Mathew...
...study, which was prepared by Meron Benvenisti, a city planner and former deputy mayor of Jerusalem, was described by some Palestinian Arabs as the most thorough examination of Israel's land policies in the West Bank. But the official government reaction to the report, which was based largely on public documents, was that it contained nothing really new. Still, there are signs that the Israelis now favor more restraint in the West Bank. In a poll last week, 52% of Israelis questioned said that they opposed the establishment of more settlements there...
...anyone would make such a discovery, it would be Wolff. "He is an internationally respected scholar, thorough in his research, well-versed in his output," Yale Music Librarian Harold Samuel said, adding "It's an unusual thing to get the world excited about a music manuscript in a library...
Healy called American's application "the most thorough, the most conservative, and the most realistic approach to financing the system" of the three competitor...
Like all experiments, the Law School's Experimental Program will undergo thorough scrutiny before any conclusive results are reached. Until then, says Michelman. "I think we've got a lot more to learn...