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Word: complexity (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...North Atlantic Treaty Organization received a thorough physical and psychological checkup last week and was found to be less than robust at age 30. The general diagnosis: flabby nuclear muscle and a creeping inferiority complex. The prognosis: satisfactory recovery only if it undertakes strenuous, and expensive, new body building...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: Diagnosing The Defence of Europe | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

...reason is complex, but essential to understanding Gannett. In a separate opinion handed down with the decision, Burger emphasized that the Gannett case involved only a pretrial hearing, not a trial. Since Burger's vote to allow judges to close off pretrial hearings was decisive in making up the court's five-man majority, his opinion should limit the scope of the decision. The confusion arises from some broad language in the majority opinion, written by Justice Potter Stewart and signed by four other Justices, including Burger. It flatly states that members of the public have no constitutional...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Confusion in the Courts | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

...condominium complex is several blocks beyond the edge of the red line, a fact Zeckhauser said she was aware of when the purchase was made...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Buys Condominium Across Red Line | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

...issue is even more complex for the union, which sees its base steadily eroding. Neither watchman nor security guards are members of the union. At the same time, the union demand for more equitable promotions within the department has backfired, weakening its position still further. Before the last contract negotiations, the police charged that the few times Gorski promoted officers he chose them arbitrarily. The union contended that the lack of equity, internal communication and job security had severely damaged police morale, and demanded that the University correct the situation before it renegotiated a contract...

Author: By Alexandra D. Korry, | Title: Police: Chafin' at the Bit | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

...graduation of superback Ralph Pollillio. (Last week, Connors was nursing a groin pull and was sitting out practice.) Having lost Matt Granger and Larry Brown as well as Pollilio, Harvard faces the task of constructing almost a brand new offensive backfield. And when that backfield has to execute the complex Multiflex, the task is not easy...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Wouldn't It Be Nice If... | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

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