Word: complements
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...therefore in influence and initiative, of the U.S., is not in question. Nor is its integrity . . . [But] have the Americans paused to reflect that an alliance in which all the advanced and sophisticated technologies were left to one of the partners, and the rest were relegated to supply a complement of conventional arms in war, and in commerce a modest contribution of Scotch whisky and compact cars . . . would not ul timately succeed in retaining the loyalty of European electors...
...find the Brattle Theatre reverting to its old policy of reviving interesting movies to erase the blight of Cambridge entertainment. The Humphrey Bogart festival, so missed last January, is back (though in truncated form) and a series of good Guinness reruns provide an admirable complement to Big Sleep and Maltese Falcon...
...conceded, however, that "no one is really happy about the results of $200 million spent in a country with a 3.5 million population." He urged that more be spent on a village level to help the poorer classes and to complement large-scale projects...
...rapid intervals through the gaps between the ties of the railroad or the leaves of the trees creates an intolerable succession of bright and dark reflections. When I wrote to Detroit about this, the manufacturer replied ". . . We hesitate using darker colors on the dash because they do not complement the decor of the other trim...
Orland M. Scott, vice-president and group executive of IBM, said the scientific activities of education and industry must complement each other. Calling IBM's contributions "modest" compared to those of the Harvard Faculty, he said that university scientists are able to carry on more theoretical research than their commercial counterparts who are committed to immediate, practical results...