Word: complex
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...this going for it, it is a shame that The Harvard Strike has a flaw: much of it ?s unreadable. Through a number of verbal and conceptual errors. the authors have smothered parts of their story in gooey. impenetrable prose. "Boring" is too simple a term for the complex problems that plague the book, but readers may find the effect much the same...
Even thus threatened, Tiomkin stands firm in the camp of cinéma nonvérité. "We're not doing an étude of complex homosexualist for small audience," he says. "We're aiming at a mass audience. We want to give a little bit picture of the man, to give overall feeling that's very melodious...
Biggest single gift is the 82-ft.-long Temple of Dendur complex, which Egypt offered to the U.S. for its help in saving ancient temples (including Dendur) from the rising waters behind the new High Dam at Aswan. Though several museums wanted it, the Met won by promising to build a special climate-controlled building to protect it from the rigors of U.S. weather. The costliest gift is the private collection of Investment Banker Robert Lehman, which includes masterpieces by Botticelli, Da Vinci and Rembrandt and has an estimated value of over $100 million. The late Bobby Lehman, former board...
...other industries. Though sections of the Rocky Mountain region face unemployment problems, a surge of commercial construction is remaking Denver's skyline and creating new jobs. Projects abuilding range from a $5.2 million United Air Lines reservations system center to a $300 million commercial, industrial and residential complex called Front-Range Denver...
Instead of turning as usual to institutional lenders for such a large quantity of funds, A.T. & T. sought to tap a different source of capital: millions of small investors who save their money for special opportunities. The company offered a highly complex mixture of debentures, rights and warrants to buy stock. Countless investors did not understand the package, but enthusiastic professional traders immediately bid the warrants to a premium on the New York Stock Exchange...