Word: complements
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Alan Bloom, the author of "The Closing of the American Mind," bemoans the relativism which he says holds away over the minds of the young. All things are thought to be equal--good and bad are merely labels, and therefore mean nothing. But one wonders if its complement--mindless absolutism--and the conviction that the world is made up of some angels and some devils, bodes any better...
...sales will gain momentum when the world's No. 1 computer maker begins summer shipments of four new models using the Intel chip. Once the machines get their full complement of software sometime next year, they are likely to set new performance standards. But customers no longer hold their breath for the latest gear with IBM's distinctive blue markings. Even though buyers knew for much of 1986 that IBM was readying the new line, "they needed new machines and were not going to wait around forever," says Bill Lempesis, a Dataquest analyst. While some settled for deeply discounted older...
...three weeks that a genetic site has been linked to this disorder. The earlier work, based on studies of Amish families, found a manic depression marker on chromosome 11. The discoveries of two separate genetic defects that can lead to the same disease "aren't necessarily contradictory but complement each other," says Dr. Miron Baron, who headed the team. "Together they support the belief that manic depression is a group of disorders with common symptoms rather than a single entity...
Many a paper could be spruced up with a few simple graphs, plots and charts. Rather than merely write about the decline of the Holy Roman Empire, Plot it on a scatter plot. While a chart isn't worth a thousand words, graphs can certainly complement a term paper. One of the Happy Hacker's friends swears that grades on her social science papers are increased a couple of notches because of her Mac graphs...
...School students work almost as hard at creating a social life. Sections sponsor restaurant dinners, skating parties, trips to the symphony, beer bashes, and visits from comedy troupes to complement the black-tie dinners that other organizations hold, says Glassman, who serves on his section's five-man social committee...