Word: complexing
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...course, Crichton's ambition is never merely to scare us. The Crichtonian view of humanity is that we're all a bunch of overeager meddlers, so high on greed and curiosity that we can't resist trifling with complex systems (you know--DNA, nanotechnology, alien spheres, Japan) in the name of progress, which then turn around and bite us, often literally. This view is not necessarily incorrect, and Crichton has expressed it in some first-rate, even prescient, works of genre fiction, notably Congo and Jurassic Park. (Crichton is in real life famously tall--he's usually reported...
...Harvard peers who served in the Israeli army have come to appreciate the scope of suffering in the Palestinian territories.”Nadav S. Greenberg ’10, who spent three years in the IDF before starting at Harvard this fall, says first hand experience in the complex and emotionally charged conflict allowed him to approach college with a greater appreciation for dialogue.“I personally believe very much in the importance of dialogue. My service in the army strengthened that belief, and I think Harvard is a great place for dialogue...
Vesper is a completely different kind of woman. Compared to the transparent hotties that populated earlier 007 films, she is as complex as the red wine she and Bond share at their first meeting. The other femmes seem to have conflicting sexual and emotional maturities, perpetually a breath away from ripping off designer dresses while simultaneously enjoying the psychological naïveté of four-year-olds...
Their relationship grows so strong that 007 tenders his resignation. For the franchise itself to survive, however, an unfortunate deus ex machina ends the affair. But before it’s over, we get to see it grow into what is by far the most emotionally complex relationship a Bond woman has participated in, and perhaps the only one of which she is a primary architect. That the filmmakers have to take almost half an hour to fully explore its depths recalls one of Vesper’s defining quips: “I’m afraid...
Istanbul's Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, a complex of 17th century buildings off the shores of the Golden Horn, may be spiritual home to some 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide, but daily mass here is a decidedly lonesome affair. Only a handful of worshipers, all visiting tourists, fill the ancient oak pews of the Church of St. George. The priests, robed in black, outnumber the faithful...