Word: complexity
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...will, of course, be seeking a person of high intellectual distinction, with proven qualities of leadership, devotion to excellence in education and research, a capacity to guide a complex institution through a time of significant change, and a dedication to the ideals and values vital to a community of learning," Stone writes...
...Workers reported a laptop was stolen from a construction trailer in the biology lab complex...
...WILLS Get a trusted lawyer to write one and update it regularly. If you have a complex estate or want to spare beneficiaries the often lengthy and costly process of probate, talk to your lawyer about a living trust, which protects your assets while you're alive. When you die, a co-trustee will distribute them according to your wishes...
...little more than anonymous dorsal fins zipping by in dark waters became R2, a 62-year-old mom, and her two sons, R3, age 44, and R12, 34. Because their society is matriarchal, the sons will remain with their mother until she dies. The whales, remarkable for their complex social structure, distinct dialects and their adaptable and cooperative behavior, are a few of the 300 or so "resident" whales that live in these waters. Thanks to Chaplow, I feel as if I have not just seen the orcas but also met them--and having met them, on returning home...
Right now Turkle is especially intrigued by the complex interactions children have with Furbies, the fuzzy high-tech toys that speak (in "Furbish"), learn words that are spoken to it and respond to being held. Is "Furby love" different from "human love," she wants to know--and how? The hardware Turkle cares about is humanity's own hard drive. "The question for me isn't what the computer does," she says, "but what the computer does...