Word: thoroughly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...This step was taken after a thorough examination of the materials in our possession," Allen wrote in the letter dated November...
...addition to appearing personally and havingdifferent advocates, both students gave the AdBoard more thorough statements about the case, thesources said. While the two students had turned ina joint one-page statement for their firsthearing, Shustorovich's second statement was 10pages long and Pierce's second statement was fourpages...
...Tammy Faye Cosmetics Store I was looking at mascara perfect for costume parties when a saleslady approached. She offered a free makeover, the chance of a lifetime--to transform into a Siren and be able to change back after a thorough scrubbing. With four shades of purple streaked in diagonal lines across my eyelids and with blotches of fuschia on my checks and lips, I resembled the "I ran into Tammy Faye at the mall" T-shirts more than I did the heroine herself...
...present volume (destined, according to its own news releases, to be called RHD-II) is not so comprehensive as the dominant publication in the unabridged category, Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961), which has more than 450,000 entries and is generally more thorough and dense with examples. But RHD-II is an eminently practical, everyday reference: it is typographically crisp, its definitions are clear and brief (sometimes to the point of spareness), and it offers some features that Webster's lacks, including the dates when words entered the language and pronunciation and etymological guides at the foot...
Indoor baseball has finally made it to the World Series, along with the Minnesota Twins (ne Washington Senators) and St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals' once again coming through dire circumstances is a drama without suspense, but the Twins are a thorough surprise. Over 84 fall classics, only the 1973 New York Mets lost more games along the way (81 to 78). In both instances, first at Cincinnati and now Detroit, the playoff victim was Sparky Anderson, who has penned a small couplet on upsets: "It ain't no fun when the rabbit...