Word: thoroughness
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...cork and send bottles back and otherwise make himself obnoxious on that one subject. Another person may take up, say, chocolate, and be able to discourse absurdly for an hour or two on the merits of Kron over Godiva. This kind of snobbery based upon a narrow but thorough trove of expertise is a bit depressing, because it reduces one of the great forms, snobbery, to the status of a mere hobby...
...empty show of freedom; these assemblies had no real power. Indeed, we have here a small-scale illustration of the way in which governments of a wholly despotic order can assimilate some of the features of the most thorough-paced democracy... --Tocqueville...
Richard Scifeddine '87 recalled a four-inch-long cockroach he found in the closet of one Yard room. Despite a thorough dousing with various industrial-strength chemicals, the bug scurried away into a crevice...
...traffic entry to the Yard--the gate on Mass, Ave, behind Widener Library. Big trucks couldn't fit through it. And Harvard needs lots of big trucks. So they periodically opened up Johnston Gate--the so--called front door to the Yard--to let them in. But careful and thorough studies revealed that two open gates meant more traffic than one. The answer, they said, was to open only one gate, which of course meant closing Widener gate and opening the Johnston Gate full time...
...prospect of turmoil in the strategic islands sent a shudder through Washington. After damning the "cowardly and despicable" assassination, the Reagan Administration called for a thorough and independent investigation of the killing. Even officials who knew and liked Aquino took pains to point out that nothing must jeopardize the special relationship between the two countries and, specifically, the vital U.S. bases at Clark Field and Subic Bay in the Philippines. The problem was doubly sensitive because Reagan is scheduled to visit Manila in November as part of a five-nation Asian tour. Despite calls for its cancellation by individuals including...