Word: complexity
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Arms control must be appreciated for what it is: a temporary means of saving money and an indication of superpower communication, but not a substantive indication of Soviet--or, for that matter, American--goodwill. A fundamental refashioning of superpower relations requires not a simple cutback in weapons but a complex, gradual, and painstakingly slow evolution toward mutual Soviet and American understanding...
...hard to rate the candidates solely on the basis of particular policy stances. None of them can predict the precise nature of the mess that he would inherit in 1989. Nor is there any one set of clear answers on what to do about the hideously complex results of years of economic blindness. To judge the candidates' potential as economic leaders, it is necessary to examine their mastery of financial complexities, their candor in facing economic reality and their credibility in light of their record...
...afternoon in Minnesota, near the headwaters of the Mississippi, the season arrived abruptly in a complex sky. Bright sun fired through slabs of blackish clouds -- tremendous lights and darks at work -- and then a dense snow pelted horizontally through the sunlit air. The American weather was transitional, bewildering. In Washington, leaves drifted from the trees in Lafayette Square. Across the street, there was a vacancy in the White House...
...economic trouble, complex and long in the making, resists rhetoric and simple -- or even difficult -- solutions. The air last week was thick with contradictions, with speculative shadows and smoke. Were the nation's huge trade and budget deficits really the problem? The point was expertly argued both ways. Would raising taxes now help the economy or send the economy into a recession? Reagan was expected to lower the budget deficit, soothe the markets, bring down interest rates and keep the dollar steady. At the same time, he must be careful not to discourage consumer spending and capital investment. Reagan, believer...
Farther down the line, the Office of Information Technology (OIT) displayed several top-of-the-line Macintoshes with flashing colors and complex graphics...