Word: complexes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Meissner effect, named after German Physicist Walther Meissner, is defined as the exclusion of a magnetic field. The Stephenson effect, named after TIME Picture Editor Michele Stephenson, is defined as the solution to the problem of producing a perfect photograph to illustrate an impossibly complex story. The picture behind Stephenson, in which a swinging ceramic ball is being repelled by a horseshoe magnet, is an ingenious portrayal of superconductivity, one of the most promising new scientific frontiers. The Meissner effect picture by TIME's Bill Pierce, which appeared in our Aug. 10, 1987, issue, won the prestigious Budapest Award, given...
...addition, the Harvard president said Schkolnick's complaint contained complex issues. "A lot depends on whether the clubs are purely social. If they are, whether or not I agree with them, its seems to fall under the area of free choice," he said. Citing the possible argument that the clubs help forge future business connections, Bok did not say definitively whether he thought her suit had legal merit...
...much of a shit my father was." And it's mysteriously touching near the end, when she wistfully tells one of her many lovers, "There's no one who'll have me." While Haner lacks the expertise necessary to explore all of the aspects of such an immensely complex character (the movie needed Meryl Streep to do it), she brings most of Susan's personality to the stage with an impressive and undeniable force...
...between comedy and cynicism. The audience simultaneously shudders and laughs as she whips sarcasms and insults at her hapless student Dorcas Grey (Sarah Stevenson). Fass knows how to develop a character, and she has the timing and the bearing of a classic comedian, the ideal safety valve in a complex tragedy...
Students trying to fulfill their distribution requirements amid a complex system of lotteries and limited offerings wind up in a few large courses, they said. This semester, eight of the 10 largest courses are in the Core...