Word: complex
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...College is more complex, and so is the world. "These are anguished times." David K. Smith '58, Radcliffe dean of admissions, said. "Every girl wants adult advice whether or not she admits it to herself...
...wants to keep her appliances humming: "Have a repairman, living with you." But General Electric contends that fewer than 3% of its toasters, electric coffeemakers and other housewares are repaired under warranty today, compared with more than 6% ten years ago. Trouble is, today's appliances are so complex that they are tough to fix when they break down and, as a G.E. officer says, "the consumer is more conscious of malfunction today than ever before...
Unlike most modern mystery writers, Gardner avoided sexy scenes. His neat, complex plots were based on careful research and much personal experience. Perry Mason's canny courtroom performances are rooted in Gardner's own career as a trial lawyer in California from 1911 until the '30s. At the bar, he relied on quick wits, a disarming manner and special knowledge rather than browbeating tactics to win cases. He once had a gambling charge against a group of Chinese dropped by bringing dozens of other Chinese into the courtroom and challenging the prosecutor to match faces with...
...problem of not enough money." To get enough money for the cities through tax sharing with state and federal governments, Lindsay acknowledges, would mean nothing less than a dramatic reordering of national priorities. His chief target is military spending: the $500 billion in defense contracts awarded the military-industrial complex since 1950, a $70 billion federal defense budget, and ultimately the war in Viet Nam, which he claims costs New Yorkers alone three times as much in annual taxes as the Government has ever spent in any one year on urban housing throughout the entire nation...
...kaleidoscopic plot, adapted from Arthur Hailey's bestselling novel, is absurdly complex, and the cast of a dozen stars scurries about to service it. Burt Lancaster lumbers about as Mel Bakersfield, manager of an unnamed metropolitan airport who is faced with the usual night of danger, laughter, suspense and heartbreak. Burt's main problem of the moment is the jetliner stuck in the snow out there on No. 29 runway. As if that were not enough, another flight just has to land on that runway. Seems there is a mad bomber (Van Heflin) on board, who is threatening...