Word: complement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Overseers has yet to approve the measure, and it is expected it will do so at its March 8 meeting. Meanwhile, many Harvard men, often the very ones who were initially hostile to the whole coed invasion, now greedily clamor that their respective Houses be granted a token complement of women. And the Committee on Houses and Undergraduate Life is threatening to respond with an 8:1 total coed plan that would spread women through the dining halls like a thin pate...
...their shoulder to the wheel and impelling the Leninist vanguard onward. One must, after all, come from the people as well as go to them. This vanguard, unluckily, makes it only as far as the top of the hill, where it is met by the major with a full complement of rifles and mortars...
...with the opportunity to change Houses at the end of freshman year. Eventually, we would like to see the Yard converted to several Houses with communal dining facilities in the Union and Lehman and Robinson Halls.. Informal advice from upper-classmen at the dinner table can serve to complement the assistance offered by official advisors...
...company is now expanding into a potentially rich new area. Aiming to capitalize on the swiftly growing demand for black cosmetics, Johnson Products has begun test-marketing a low-priced line of liquid makeup, face powder and skin cleaner. The items, formulated to complement black skin tones, come in shades of browns, tans and reds. "Our future growth will depend on how well we do in cosmetics," says Johnson, 43. Until recently, white-owned companies virtually ignored the demand for black cosmetics, and most of the black firms in the field are still small and regional. With his company...
...become especially important. Gielgud and Richardson are extraordinary. Their meticulous performances, with countless shades and nuances of expression and speech-repeating the same words and sighs in slightly different, carefully thought-out ways-make the play beautiful to watch. In difficult roles without any real action, the two masters complement each other perfectly. Their dialogues have the counterpoint of music and the precision of ballet. Also in the original London production, Mona Washbourne as Kathleen and Dandy Nichols as Marjorie are funny and excellent, and Graham Weston, as Alfred, the lobotomized wrestler, is very capable in a supporting role. Lindsay...