Word: complexion
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Through marriage, friendship and patronage, the Duke of Wellington, the Roosevelts, Wallis Simpson and Winston Churchill (whose christening robes are still on display) made up the Leslies' inner circle and were frequent guests. But by the '60s, inheritance taxes had eroded the castle's fortunes, and its complexion began to change. Desmond Leslie, an experimental musician, set up a nightclub in the grounds. Called Annabel's on the Bog (named after the famous society nightspot in London's Mayfair), it attracted the likes of Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull...
...direct game of numbers. It’s just like in baseball: even if a team loses 4-2 and one run would seem to make no difference overall, a player being called out at home at some point could have changed the game’s entire complexion and made all the difference in the world...
...Changing Complexion This influx of Chinese white-collar workers is forcing Japan to rethink its very national identity. Traditionally, the island nation has been inward-looking and xenophobic. Today, however, grappling with a labor shortage caused by decades of declining birth rates, Japan knows it must import workers if it is to remain the world's second-largest economy. And so the deluge of highly educated Chinese is challenging Japan to re-evaluate its attitude toward foreigners - particularly those who hail from what was once dismissed as a communist backwater but today is crucial to Japan's economic prospects...
...accomplished alumni, spread across history and the island of Manhattan, would seem to endow present-day Harvard students with a legacy to be cherished. They don’t. Despite their diverse accomplishments, our graduates are marred by what they’ve tended to have in common: their complexion. White and male, they’re an embarrassment...
...Byrd filled in at goalie and made a great save to maintain Harvard’s 6-4 advantage. “That was the decisive moment of the game,” Farrar said. “Had they scored there, that would have added a whole different complexion [to the game].” Harvard gained a quick lead in the second half and then finished off the Rams with four unanswered goals to end the game...