Word: complexes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...claim to be an expert analyst, but in this part of the country we would surmise that N. Khrushchev has a well-developed case of inferiority complex. I do not at the moment recall any symptoms that he has overlooked exhibiting in a virulent form...
Reginald Maudling, 42, Paymaster General. The youngest member of the Cabinet and the man who managed Britain's luckless attempt to set up a Europe-wide Free Trade Area, Maudling is unflappable and a persuasive speaker, with the gift of making complex topics sound both interesting and simple. But he is regarded by many as incurably lazy-a flaw that limits his hopes. He is discussed for appointment as President of the Board of Trade, or for the proposed Ministry of Science...
...Brown, O'Neill tackled something formidably complex: both the conflict within a divided personality and divided selves clashing with one another. The use of masks has visual value; the sudden shifts in character and the transference of personality have theatrical force. But the conflicts that concerned O'Neill are among the eternal conflicts of stage drama. They are more rewarding when the audience must distinguish the face from the mask, or when the two are not easily distinguishable. Theatrical without being dramatic, O'Neill created men with two profiles but without any face...
...implications of the oath are so complex, Oliver said, that a simple yes or no recommendation is impossible. Instead, each issue must be considered by itself...
Saints issue from the hand of God, but they are canonized on earth. In what seems a paradox to most non-Catholics, the Roman Catholic Church brings the full light of reason to play on a complex mystery of faith: whether a man or woman has displayed Christlike sanctity, including the performance of miracles. To this question, the church brings the meticulous accounting of a bank examiner, the ferreting instincts of a good detective, and the judicial lore of centuries of precedents. In practice, these are embodied in an initial diocesan investigation of claims to sainthood, followed by a formal...