Word: thoroughness
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...Brzezinski's influence over Carter's decisions on foreign policy go far beyond the control of paperwork. He has taken thorough advantage of his opportunity to present his recommendations directly to Carter. Every morning the first appointment on the President's schedule is with Brzezinski. Sometimes they meet for only a few minutes, sometimes 15 or 20, and the session sets the tone for foreign policy discussions during the day. Every evening Vance used to send a letter to the President, which Brzezinski did not see. But the final phone call of the day usually came from Brzezinski...
...years it has been deployed. The Sea Stallions are tough and have racked up an excellent reliability record. Aborted flights have been rare. The fact that three of the choppers suffered electrical or hydraulic malfunctions is puzzling experts, but they can only speculate about the causes until a thorough investigation is completed...
Against the Wind (Capitol). Out a few weeks, and a thorough smash, this album is a collection of loose-limbed rockers and high-reaching ballads. Every cut has its eye fixed on the top of the charts with such calculation and skill that listening to the whole record straight through is like being held for ransom at WKRP. Seger is a topflight regional rocker out of Detroit, but this time around he is sticking to formula so rigidly that he has started to rewrite himself...
Bougas received thorough support from her teammates in the other five singles positions, including Martha Roberts at second singles, who recovered from her two-match victory drought...
...Third Wave doesn't have nearly as many interesting laser-household-pets, deep-sea-wheat-fields, radio-shack-rocket-to-the-moon-kit predictions. Instead it offers a thorough compendium of every social critique ever raised. Ever hear anyone discuss the demeaning, unfulfilling work done in the world's factories? Sure you have. Well, Toffler has too, and he repeats it in ingratiating detail, describing the steel foundry he once toiled in. "I swallowed the dust, the sweat and smoke of the foundry. My ears were split by the hiss of the steam, the clank of the chains, the roar...