Word: complementing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...During most of the twelve-year marriage, Maugham was hardly a husband. He was most frequently off with Gerald Haxton, a handsome young American he had met during World War I. Full of charm and liquor, in nearly equal measure, Haxton was difficult but necessary, an ideal complement to Maugham, whose lifelong stutter made him shy and withdrawn. In their travels through the Far East, Haxton would spend the night drinking with the local planters and lawyers and then repeat their tales to Willie, who would fashion them into stories. When his lover died of tuberculosis in 1944, Maugham...
...stretches of time between alarms provide a complement to periods of intensity. Firefighting has an important social aspect. The men have to work closely together, as fighting a fire is a tactical operation requiring precise organization and teamwork. Thus the men have to learn to depend on and trust one another, and the time spent living together during their shifts in the firehouse helps to provide the camaraderie that makes this possible...
Harvard dispatched Binghamton College, 6-1, on the 28th, as Paul McOsker made good use of the six runs in the first three innings to complement his complete game triumph. The lanky lefty gave up one run on five hits and struck out four, while captain Paul Halas took over Stenhouse's hitting chores with a double and two RBIs to spice...
...writing. It is the one truly requited affair in the book, and it makes every page shine with a wit and vigor that belie the author's 73 years. Further illuminations are provided by Raphael Soyer's nostalgic drawings and paintings, every one of which is a complement to the text and a compliment to the reader...
Waylon and Willie complement each other perfectly, trading lines and singing around each other. The back-up musicians are adequate, but those two voices are what makes the album. Waylon, Willie and Hank Jr. are like having three Cadillacs in a Muscle Shoals garage...