Word: complexe
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...diminish the value of expression in the eyes of those who prefer to be told in positive terms what they should and should not think. It enhances the value of such opinion in the eyes of those who view the problem intelligently as one too large and too complex to be adequately treated by anyone less than an expert. And even the experts are often deceived...
...life of Anna Parker Lowell proved that "helpmeet" is still a word with all the strength of its Biblical origin, and no mere ornamental epithet. When Mr. Lowell became President of Harvard, she entered at once into the life of this most complex of universities. She occupied herself with its social affairs, was helpful in the work of the Harvard Dames, and welcomed students with cordial informality to the Sunday afternoon receptions. But more than the graces of the temporary hostess were hers: she made the President's House a center of hospitality throughout the year for the University...
...Geki apparently make their appeal to Eastern lovers of blood, thunder and lurid display. Their psychology seems about as complex, to untutored Western eyes, as that of The Perils of Pauline or Shenandoah. The actors produce sobs and choked voices as easily as did the rural players of the '905 when informed that the dour gentleman in hip boots was about to foreclose the mortgage. Principal among the actors is Tokyjiro Tsutsui of Kyoto. Osaka and Nagoya, who stalks about in the dark robes of "The Shadow Man" and finally commits harakiri with a four-foot knife...
Citizen Coolidge: I have been in the movies for some time but never professionally. I suppose everyone who comes here has a motion picture complex. I haven...
...impossible for the talkie to use the nuances and half-tones necessary to the effective presentation of a complex idea. The real trouble with the talkie is that to be successful it must appeal to the lowest level of intelligence. The dramatist can choose whatever level he pleases...