Sentence examples for A cursory summary of from inspiring English sources

A cursory summary of these kinds of distinctions between old and "new" eugenics can be found in Caplan 2004, and the same collection of distinctions underlies most liberal or "new" eugenic arguments.

Although Wodicka offers a cursory summary of Burt's childhood in a religious orphanage, asking why Burt believes he was born in the wrong time is as unproductive as inquiring why a transgendered individual believes he was born in the wrong sex.

White et al. (2009) offered only a cursory summary of arguments that were discussed in a 2007 workshop, but any fuller discussion that may have occurred in that workshop was not recounted.

But Mr. Aczel spends a good deal of his time giving cursory summaries of well-known historical occurrences: not just the rise of Venice as a world power and Marco Polo's journey to China, but also others like Vasco da Gama's voyage to India.

And the potted social histories are cursory – from Freud to Madonna in a single sentence, and a summary of Victorian "nascent feminism" that aligns it with Christian evangelism to explain how women came to be seen as society's moral guardians.

Even a cursory survey of scientific papers shows these benefits.

A cursory examination of the fields in fitstr is recommended.

This investigation aims at getting a cursory idea of the maximum stress due to vibration.

After a cursory investigation of disgruntled employees and other possible suspects, the police dropped the case.

Whoever is behind the package has at least a cursory understanding of history.

A cursory review of public records showed no other criminal or civil cases involving Crittenton.