Word: complements
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Twists. In Pentagon thinking, the new need is for a lean, fully airborne, highly flexible but fully coordinated unit-capable of rapierlike attack, swift dispersal, and bludgeon riposte under any conditions. On paper, the new 101st seems to fit the bill. With a complement of 11,486 men, it is approximately one-third smaller than its two older sisters (the 82nd at Fort Bragg, the 11th at Augsburg, Germany). But it is in its mobility and organization that the 101st provides its novelties...
...screens enrich or degrade U.S. television? CBS, which recently paid $20 million for 725 M-G-M classics (including Little Women; Mrs. Miniver; The Philadelphia Story; Camille; Goodbye, Mr. Chips; Mutiny on the Bounty) appeared overconfident. "Our audiences will be assured many additional hours of great entertainment to complement the regular schedule," boasted the network. But what TV chains have apparently overlooked is that some of the "great" oldtimers may not look so shiny today. Last week's big TV movie, Top Hat, for example, did not look as good as it did in its heyday (1935). The Irving...
...Thus, the current series of tests [in the Pacific] has produced much of importance, not only from a military point of view, but from a humanitarian aspect. We are convinced that mass hazard from fallout is not a necessary complement to the use of large nuclear weapons...
...there is no reason to believe that competition will destroy the recent success of the house productions. As long as there are audiences willing to pay and talent wanting to be used, there is room for another play. The new theatre's appeal, based upon increased polish, should complement the intimacy of house productions. Such competition should only encourage such organizations as HDC to attempt larger, more professional productions and help the house groups to remain, and in some cases to regain, their house flavor...
...crannies of the magazine are filled by book reviews, undistinguished poetry, and a series of fine photographs by Walker Evans. Evans' pictures of subway faces--taken 16 years ago--are not only handsome in their own right, but complement the issue thematically because of the photographer's collaboration with Agee...