Word: complexes
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...Egyptians, Helios by the Greeks and Sol by the Romans. To the Aztecs, the sun god was Huitzilopochtli, whom they nourished with human sacrifices. Egypt's great pyramids at Giza were built with their sides aligned with the rising sun at the vernal equinox, and the temple complex at Karnak was dedicated to Ra. The ancient circle at Stonehenge, in England, was apparently constructed so that the sun would rise over one of the great stones at the time of the summer solstice...
...kids to feed can afford to practice this kind of law anymore," said Scott Wallace of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Noted University of Michigan Law Professor Yale Kamisar: "The decisions will chill a lot of lawyers' interest in representing defendants in the very type of complex criminal cases where astute and experienced counsel are most needed...
...Atlanta is trying again. Nearly 5,000 boosters braved a thunderstorm last week to celebrate the reopening of Underground after a 2 1/2-year renovation that cost $142 million, including $85 million in city-backed bonds. The complex, decorated in turn-of-the-century style, will eventually boast 140 stores, restaurants and nightclubs -- as well as dozens of security guards meant to reassure the suburbanites and tourists who are essential to the downtown's revitalization. Critics charge that the city's money could be better spent elsewhere. Protesters disrupted Mayor Andrew Young's opening address by chanting "Atlanta keeps the homeless...
Quayle has been building a reputation for himself behind the scenes too. Last month the Indiana conservative formed an unlikely alliance with a Brooklyn liberal, Congressman Stephen Solarz, on a complex issue. Quayle returned from a trip to Southeast Asia convinced that the U.S. should give military assistance to Prince Norodom Sihanouk's faction in Cambodia. Solarz shared that view. Together they lobbied to deflect a Senate proposal to bar such aid. Quayle's initiative surprised Solarz on two counts. "Quayle seemed to be one of the few in the Administration who really seized the issue," he says...
Readers of book reviews (or at least the best-seller lists) know by now that the most popular novel of the moment is John le Carre's new -- and some say best -- spy thriller The Russia House, whose typically complex plot deals with the U.S.-Soviet nuclear arms race. A subject like that, of course, requires accuracy and special attention to detail. How does Le Carre get his information about so arcane a field? Readers of the author's acknowledgments in The Russia House know the answer: Le Carre relied on a first-class expert, Strobe Talbott, TIME's Washington...