Word: complexed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Other Dominion Prime Ministers talked of such complex matters as unified foreign policy, Dominion spheres of influence, but Sir Godfrey's aim was simple. He wanted only the right people to exploit a virgin land...
...brain - the image spread out over a wider area, into parts of the brain not primarily concerned with sight. Dr. Adrian suggests that this spreading activity in the brain represents the reaction of the brain cells to the image, i.e., an approach to thinking. But his recordings of this complex process are so confusing and difficult to interpret that "the present technique of recording brain events, by oscillographs connected with electrodes on the head, is not likely to lead very far." Nonetheless, Dr. Adrian is sure, on the basis of progress already made, that new instruments will be developed that...
...talks to the children about various groups they know - Mexicans, Filipinos, Negroes-describes their backgrounds, shows that primitiveness does not mean stupidity, that "simple" peoples have complex cultures. She also tells them about physical anthropology, teaches them that race is not the same as religion or nationality...
...oratory had faded. Members had drifted out until the semicircular chamber was less than half full. The tall man's large, coldly impressive face moved hardly a muscle, his hands rarely stirred as he informed the House, in tones as dry as a corncob, of a complex plan to stabilize world currencies...
Into a pot bubbling with all sorts of complex plans for postwar Europe, Belgium's exiled Premier Hubert Pierlot last week tossed a proposition as calm as it was simple. His proposition: that Belgium take up where she left off in 1940, with King Leopold on the throne, the prewar Parliament in its seats, the exiled Cabinet in power until it "renders account" and prepares the country for postwar elections...