Word: complemented
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Part of the blame for the rising number of failures belongs to the recession and its complement of bankruptcies and defaulted loans. But increasingly, the problems are due to poor bank management. Says an FDIC attorney: "We find examples of actionable negligence on the part of bank officers and directors in virtually every case of a closed bank...
...ropes, on tree-limbs, on tires, they wear buckets, newspapers or cans as hats, hub caps as shields, they make wooden boards, wired sheets, plastic boards into musical instruments, and much more. While their ingenuity with props would impress any junkman, coupled with the rag-tag costumes they actually complement the patchwork nature of the entire show...
...attempted, in his own words, "to cope with history before it happens." He was a pioneer in using scientific and mathematical tools to project the future. With his 300-lb. bulk and a florid face framed by a tailored white beard, Kahn had a commanding presence that seemed to complement a mental and verbal vigor bordering on arrogance. He briefed, and at times berated, every President starting with Harry Truman, and at his first hour-long meeting with Ronald Reagan in 1981, he permitted the new President to get in only a few words. "The main thing...
...mystical land. Patience unfolds somewhere in England in a town besieged by the pretentious aesthetic movement which transforms love into a selfish expression. Although Patiences plot does not mesmerize us with Gilberth and Sullivan's usual riveting complexity neither does it let us down. Cleverly worded lyrics complement attractive melodies pleasantly echoing grander numbers in other grander shows...
While Bok has receives widespread praise for his work in expanding these nascent arrangements national anti apartheid groups criticize his contention that the programs area a substitute for as opposed to a complement to other actions such as divestiture...