Word: complementation
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...snowy roads in a one-horse shay, but he knew something that the modern vintage of physicians too often forgets. Like the great Sir William Osler, he knew that a doctor's ministration is not confined to medicine. Although the specialist in the city may succeed without this full complement of humanity, the man who goes out into the country places needs to be, now as always, a philosopher and friend to his patients...
Devoting nearly the entire period to polishing up a strong defense for the football air raid that Casey and his staff are confident will be used by the Texas eleven in tomorrow's game, Harvard's preparation virtually ended yesterday. The drill served as a complement to Wednesday afternoon's session on defensive work on running plays...
...Quebec Province and of Montreal speak a provincial French patois, su perficially proud that their French forefathers established the white race's dominion over Canada. But last week, straight from modern France, the null sloop Villa d'Ys slipped into Montreal under the tricolor, bringing its complement of 103 true-speaking French. Purpose: to help the patois-speakers to celebrate le quatorze Juillet, the French Day of Independence. Purpose behind the purpose: to cultivate French-Canadian feeling for things French so that they wall prefer French exports and travel to France by Compagnie Générale...
...pond in the Germanic Museum court has now received its complement of gold-fish...
...came to the seashore, when he begged a night's lodging of a priestess of Isis. In her he found his feminine complement, and was happy for the first time in his life. But her followers resented him, discovered his scars, and would have delivered him to the Romans. Just in time he escaped them, put off to sea in a boat. Like most Lawrence stories, this one ends without finishing. "So let the boat carry me. Tomorrow is another...