Word: complexities
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...used as a smudge pot. "Absolutely false," he replied coldly. Old Nicaraguan Rebel Emiliano Chamorro, who is now in Guatemala, took time off from his scheming to add his own sardonic comment. "Our efforts are confined to diplomacy," he said. "Somoza, scared by his own crimes, has a persecution complex and is trying to escape attention by making fantastic accusations to justify a wave of terror in Nicaragua...
There seemed to be no end to the swarming nebulae. The most distant showed as tiny, dim blobs. By a complex statistical method Hubble proved, after years of work, that these dimmest glimmers were so far away that their light, speeding at 186,000 miles per second, took 500,000,000 years to reach Mount Wilson...
Almost every day of his hunted existence was a new complex of calculations and risks; a single muddleheaded moment might have ruined him. Despite the author's simplicity, the reader gradually becomes aware of his extraordinary energy and coolness. But the book is not only an adventure story but a family history, told by a devout and loving father. Remy flouted the Gestapo for over a year and a half with a wife and four children on his hands. And he learned his job as he went along...
...November 2. The popularity of a tax cut makes the issue a ripe plum for the politicians, who are taking every opportunity to capitalize on it. Political maneuvering in Congress is to be expected during an election year, but it is highly dangerous to mix politics with the complex problems of national finance. Any tax cut in the near future must be one not made with a view to its vote-getting consequences, and preferably one that would actively encourage savings. A bill that can be a boost to inflation smacks of a frightening irresponsibility in high places...
Monsieur Verdoux (American). Charles Chaplin's subtle, furious, complex, highly polished satire, with a brilliant performance by Chaplin himself (TIME...