Word: complicatedness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Prokofiev's music, written in the early '205, is taut, economical and superbly dramatic, consisting of almost continuous recitative, punctuated with an occasional soaring aria. The opera reaches its vocal and dramatic climax in the Inquisition scene, in which Renata. a group of nuns and the Inquisitor weave...
But not everyone among the Grand Duchy's 316,000 citizens shared Bech's territorial ambitions. Two years ago the Minister of Justice himself assured a group of foreign correspondents that if anyone tried to force as much as one foot of land upon it, Luxembourg would defend...
Scattered over 1,254,000 sq. mi. of Arctic waste, Canada's 11,000 Eskimos for centuries have spoken a complicated language. The Eskimo can pack whole sentences into a guttural syllable or two, commands 10,000 to 15,000 words-a scholar's quota-just for everyday...
The latest scuffle was touched off by youthful-looking U.S. General Lauris Norstad, 52, NATO commander in Europe, whom Old Soldier de Gaulle treats as a subaltern. De Gaulle has vastly complicated Norstad's-and NATO's-existence by 1) refusing to accept launching pads for U.S. intermediate...
If the student hopes to speak--or even think--about politics intelligently he must face three baffling problems. First, the fact that politics is becoming increasingly complicated, and second, its effects are becoming more and more explosive. As a mode of debate, argument-by-slogan is more dangerous than ever...