Word: complementing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...opposition's awareness of the cradle does leave Henjyoji with more freedom to work other moves, and he is working continuously to perfect new pinning combinations that complement the cradle...
...does, but The Astrakhan Coat is not very good, only superficially new, and never particularly thrilling. Even avid whodunit fans must be a trifle bored by corpses in trunks, corpses that drop out of closets, and the confetti-like strewing of misleading clues. Coat also contains the customary complement of victims whose impenetrable innocence prevents them from knowing when or how to withdraw from transparently treacherous situations...
...reason: Yale, with the Wai-pole and Boswell papers in its library, has already become a center for English studies. Mellon's collection, valued at over $35 million and including more than 1,000 oils, 3,000 drawings and 4,000 rare books, would provide the ideal visual complement. To house the new gift, Mellon will pay for a new $12 million building to contain a gallery, libraries, lecture and seminar rooms, to be located across the street from the present Yale Art Gallery...
...shrewdly calculated to flatter middleaged, middle-class couples into thinking that their cup is brimming with sunshine and moonglow. The show becomes palatable for two surpassingly good reasons-Mary Martin and Robert Preston. They are charmers of seismic force and theatrical perfectionists to the fraction of a nuance. They complement each other's temperaments. Preston hisses energy. He is as restless and agile as a panther. There is no repose in him, and the world is a woman to be won. Mary Martin exists to be wooed. She focuses light, as a magnifying glass brings...
...aerotrain, says Bertin modestly, "is intended to complement the car for distances between 70 and 140 miles." With that in mind, he flew to the U.S. this week. His objective: the formation of a joint Franco-American firm to build a demonstration aerotrain that could cut travel time between New York and Washington to an hour and a half...