Word: complexities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Keller says the plan is to build an apartment complex with about 235 units next to the Business School in Allston. The Property is now an empty...
Reed describes her hall in the Gropius Complex, which is made of sturdy concrete both inside and outside, as "spartan and utilitarian...
Reed says despite the disadvantages, the low cost is attracts many students to the complex...
This ease of communication often leaves visitors with the mistaken impression that they and the natives are speaking the same language. This is not the case. Language at Home is in fact a complex dance of syntax and connotation. For example, a simple expression like "I see what you mean," when uttered by a local or tribal chieftain, may have a radically different meaning than when spoken by a person from a more developed area. In our native country, this phrase would ordinarily mean "I understand your ideas". If a local chief uses this phrase, however, it is more likely...
...another hearing will take place to decide whether Pinochet, as a former head of state, still enjoys sovereign immunity, a British law that protects foreign dignitaries visiting England. The legal questions are complex, and how a new panel will rule is anybody's guess. "It's like replaying a football match," notes TIME London bureau chief Barry Hillenbrand. "There's no guarantee it will still turn out 3-2." Pinochet's attorneys are appealing extradition on several other fronts as well. Clearly, the only people who are guaranteed to do well in this case are Pinochet's lawyers...