Word: complex
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Harvard and the hospital complex fail to disclose this information, the City of Boston will deny them the building permits and other legal clearances needed for the construction. Thomas I Atkins, one of the councillors, said after the meeting...
...declare that World War III is now begun waged by short-haired robots whose deliberate aim is to destroy the complex web of free wildlife by the imposition of mechanical order...
...York, Associate Editor Spencer Davidson wrote the cover story, which was edited by Ronald P. Kriss. Davidson's understanding of the complex situations and scenes was enhanced by a trip in April through Israel, Jordan and Egypt. Researcher Ursula Nadasdy went on a similar backgrounding excursion to the Middle East last year...
Agency officials now realize that mercury changes its potency in water; through a complex chemical reaction, the relatively harmless inorganic form is transformed into deadly methyl mercury. Minute amounts are picked up by microorganisms, which are then eaten by small fish, which in turn are eaten by large predatory fish like pike and pickerel. When humans eat these fish, they can receive dosages of methyl mercury massive enough to cause blindness, brain damage, and even death...
...Among the most complex issues which divided the University last year is the question of employment practices. Harvard has a rather spotty record on the hiring of minority groups. In April 1969, blacks made up 6.7 per cent of the Harvard work force. This was a jump from 5.2 per cent of a year earlier. But the figure did not include the Faculty, which is overwhelmingly white, and a breakdown of the jobs held by blacks revealed that most Harvard black employees were either in clerical positions or on maintenance crews...