Word: complex
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...surprise that "R" is hard to find; he is said to travel constantly between COSVN's different units by motor bike. Two weeks ago, U.S. troops came close to capturing an important element of the headquarters. Acting on a tip, two infantry battalions raced to a bunker complex near Mimot, only to find the place all but deserted. One wounded Communist who had been left behind told about the staff's "getting on their bi cycles and Hondas and riding off" the day before. Left behind were five mimeograph machines, six typewriters and two rubber stamps...
Ecologists are particularly concerned about the future effects of chemicals on the extremely complex tropical ecosystem. They know that removal of even one element, like leaves, will touch off a chain of related changes-all of them probably for the worse...
...prospects. Because it was ahead of many big-time oil companies m using computers to make geological surveys, the company soon gained a reputation for cutting exploration costs. King began marketing his firm's cost-cutting knowledge to other companies and individuals. Today King Resources offers complex leasing and development deals for oil, gas, water, lumber and other resources...
Since there is a limit to the money that can be wrung from oil, the government is giving increased attention to the transformation of the southwestern province of Khuzestan into a huge agricultural-industrial complex. In addition, great copper deposits are being mined in the Kerman area of central Iran. A dozen major dams are under construction around the country...
...Director Joseph Sargent keeps things moving along at a pace more rapid than a galloping pulse. His camera eye is restless and intricate; he seems to have learned a great deal from John Frankenheimer. The real star of the show, however, is Colossus, portrayed by a real computer complex at Universal City studios. If it only can avoid typecasting, it has a solid future in show business...