Word: complementation
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...Institute for Independent Study was established in November 1960 to offer a complement to orthodox higher education through various programs tailored to suit the variegated pattern of women's lives...
Behind him, the surf broke with the flawless rhythm of a metronome, a whispering complement to the cellist's own compelling beat. "Now we are hearing two eternal sounds." marveled Violinist Isaac Stern, "the ocean surf and great music." A rapt audience enthusiastically agreed. Caesarea's centuries-old silence had been broken by beauty...
...duty one attack carrier that was slated for conversion to ASW, use it to bolster the Pacific's Seventh Fleet, which has often had to manage with no carrier at all. To man its expanding fleet, the Navy will take aboard 29,000 additional men, increasing its complement...
...turboprop Viscounts seven years ago had helped push Capital to the verge of bankruptcy. But for Hawaiian-born William ("Pat") Patterson, 61, United's president, the deal had more positive appeal. Capital's routes, running chiefly in the Southeast with extensions to the Midwest, neatly complement United's transcontinental and West Coast runs. Because of the nature of its runs, United has traditionally suffered a dip in revenue and equipment use during the winter months; hereafter it will be able to take up that slack by toting some of the Florida-bound Midwesterners whom Capital ferried...
Venezuelan President Romulo Betancourt took grim care to ensure the safety of Puerto Rico-born Moscoso. No arrival time was published in the press; inflammatory wall scribblings were quickly erased. The complement of 80 national guardsmen stationed along the superhighway from the airport to the capital was reinforced by 1,200 troops. Sirens screaming, 20 police cars escorted Moscoso to the embassy residence...